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TOURING CLUB IS
AID TO AUTOISTS
Organization Conducts Bureau of
Information for Owners
of Machines
OPENS NEW HEADQUARTERS
Entire Building to Be Given Over
to Conveniences for
Motorists
NEW YORK, May 21.—With the
opening of the enlarged headquarters
of the Touring Club of America In Its
new building at the corner of Seventy
sixth street and Broadway this week .
and the consequent widening of the
loop* of its work, it is anticipated by
the thousands of motorists in this vi
cinity who have become familiar with
the organization that during the next
tew months touring throughout the |
United States will be stimulated to j
greater activity that ever before.
At a luncheon given in the new four
story home of the club, fully equipped
with every device for attracting the
attention and adding to the convenience
of the touring motorist, speeches were ,
made by men prominent in the auto
mobile world, who pointed out the I
value of an organization formed for |
the sole purpose of supplying such in
formation as would greatly enhance
the possibilities of state and nation
wide travel on the part of pleasure or
health seekers owning automobiles. J.
W Jones, "the Edison of automo
billng" and Inventor of the speedom
eter and "live map," declared that it
should be the aim of the club to extend
Its membership to half a million.
After the speechmaklng had been
concluded and before the visiting mo
torists had driven away in the cars
which lined Broadway during tho
luncheon, the guests were shown about
the now home, which resembles a great
railroad office or a Cook's agency in
Europe more than a club, on account
of the near at hand equipment for
quick Information. Details were ex
plained by A. L. Westgard, tho presi
dent, who for thirty years has been
gathering road Information about Eu
rope and America that has given him
the reputation of being tho moat com
petent touring expert in the world, and
by Frederick H. Elliott, the secretary,
who recently resigned from a similar
position in the American Automobile
association in order to extend the work
of the Touring club.
WH-Ij SUPPLY IVFOBMATION
They demonstrated that while the
Touring Club of America Is engaged
In the philanthropic work of encour
aging touring amid the beautiful scenes
in which the country abounds. It
is also conducting a very practical
work for the notorlst, wherever he
may be, In supplying htm with exact
and authoritative information as to
just how to find such scenes, and, what
is more Important, how to find his way
back again. It is interested in the
good roads movement in a general way,
but also tells where good roads al
ready built can be found. In addition
to supplying exact data regarding
tours In any part of the United States
and Europe, it manages the shipping
of cars by rail or water, insures the
cars of ! Its members and secures
licenses for them. : '-■ ~": '•
"The T. C. A. is doing a work of
which the country has long been in
need, and. In my opinion, is bound to
become almost universal among auto
moblllsts," said President Westward,
when prevailed upon to give an Inter
view. "It Is doing the work of se
curing faultless information regard-
Ing the road conditions, including ac
commodations, along the roads over
which a man may wish to travel in
making a tour, no matter if from Now
York to San Frisco. For no further
cost than its actual membership fee of
f,r> It furnishes information to any ex
tent regarding any subject concerning
motoring. The members have the road
experts of the T. C. A. constantly at
their command to suggest new and
fascinating tours and to tell them how
to take them. It has other experts
, constantly at its command in the shape
of already prepared disc cards, printed
On one side of the card, giving every
detail for a distance of one hundred
miles. Each card fits on the "live
map," which can be placed before the
eve of the driver, and, revolving me
chanically with the motion of the axle
beneath the car. tell him Just where
he is and Just where to turn, or can be
used without any mechanical appli
ance Members receive this informa
tion free of charge as often as they
ask for it.
HAS DATA ON ROADS
"You probably havo bo idea of the
skill and magnitude of tills club. It Is
a great central bureau of dependable
touring Information, or, rather, a bu
reau of road experts. Its road experts
have either traveled over every Import
ant road In the whole world, or have
dependable Information from those who
have. They can sit down and dictate
utTlrind a description of any tour In the
world, telling you distances, kind of
roadbed, grade, suitability of route to
your car, what you will see, brst ho
tels and all details with astonishing
readiness and completes. "What the T.
C. A. tells you Is not theory and guess
work and boow knowledge, but the
practical experience of Its road experts.
"In my opinion," concluded Mr.
Westgarcl, "the rapidly growing mem
bership Is duo to tho realization on
the part of the motorists that the chief
meant) of promoting motoring through
out (he country is accurate Information,
and that all motorists should join to
gether to further a cause which will
bring about better road conditions."
Secretary Elliott, who was largely
instrumetnal In building up,the A. A.
A., and who Is an enthusiast In regard
to his new work, had this to Ray:
"I feel sure that I can speak for tho
Ymirlng Club of America when I say
that it Is the purpose to nationalize
it on the same Bcale as the Touring
Club of Prance, which lias built up a
perfect system of Information regard
ing touring eandltions in that oountrv,
n"rt has a magnificent and exceedingly
popular home In Paris. It is my plnn
to extend our organization as rapidly
i-s possible. It Js hardly necessary to
pay that the T. C. A. does not regard
jmeprl tests and racing as within Its
sphere; it confines itself entiroly to
iircommodatlng Its members nnd lend
ing ts moral Influence to such movn
mentl as will benefit automoollists
renerally."
TWO CENSUS CASES CONTINUED
United States Commissioner' M. Van
Dyke had three men before him yes
terday and heard evidence in their
,ai 18. They are charged with refusing
t.i answer questions put to th<m by
c enaui enumerators. The c;is,-h oi'
George Sparr and T. h. Todd weiv
continued until May «j. The third man
was Tony Delalys. His case whs <lif -
.l upon motion of the United
States district attorney.
Betty Bray is coming to Los Angeles.
National Headquarters in New York
of the Touring Club of America
a arc , • .vQKSSCS w ' S i' »
MOTOR GOSSIP
Frank Howard, manager of the local
branch of the Howard Automobile
company, has returned from a flying
trip to the Buick agents on the kite
shaped track.
James Garvoy not only placed very
large orders for tho Twltchell air
gaugea in Germany, but arranged with
one of the largest automobile firms of
tho faderland to handle the Twitchell
air gauges for Russia and Belgium as
well. Garvey ia now in France and
will next move on the Italian dealers.
Mrs. C. B. Russell, owning a Colum
bus electric Victoria, heads her letter
to the Diamond Rubber company: "No
tire trouble for throe, years." She
further writes that a set of four 30x3%
--inch Diamond tires on her machine
have been running since 1907 with the
total trouble, to date of one puncture.
B. F. Burkhard, accompanied by Mr.
Grier of the Lexington agency, drove
to Bakersfleld last week to look over
the situation In the oil country. They
made tho drive In a forty-horsepower
Lexington touring car in the fast time
of six hours and fifty minutes without
ever having recourse to their low
gear.
Tho Birkhard-Crlppen Motor Car
company, agents for the Lexington, re
port the sales of a forty-horsepower
torpedo roadster to E. A. Scheller, a
forty-horsepower touring car to . Mrs.
Alice G. Girdlestono. a three-passenger
roadster to John Haag and a five-pas
senger forty-horsepower touring car,to
Frederick Noonan.
E. Jr. Bennett, sales manager of the
Lexington cars, received a telegram
from A. O. Brooke of Kansas City,
saying the latter won tho big hill
climbing race up Dodaon hill, defeating
many enrs of nil power and breaking
all records for tho climb. Mr. Brooke
drove a Lexington "40."
One of the handsomest cars that
was ever brought to the coast was
delivered this week by "Wilson & Buf
flngton, agents for Thomas flyers, to
M. J. Nolan, 228 West Second street.
This car is a Model M, six-cylinder,
forty-horsepower Thomas flyer, five
passeger touring car, and is finished
In pearl gray with white striping and
full nickel trimmings. The upholster
ing is special Spanish grain hand
buffod leather and full tufted.
"Wilson & Bufflngton, R42-846 Pouth
Olive street, agents for Thomas llyers
and Molines, report the following sales:
B. A. Nebeker, Santa Moica, a Model
M 6-40 Thomas flyer; H. Stratton, Pas
adena, a Model M, 6-40 Thomas flyer;
F G Pennal, Covina, a thorty-horse
power' Moline touring car; George
Dunne, Glendora, a four-cylinder toy
tonneau Moline.
The Shafer-Goode Motor company re
ports brisk business in the past two
weeks with the Glide automobiles. Two
of the cars sold last week will bo used
by their owners In making transcon
tinental trips.
Gustave Nauman of Oxnard* pur
chased a Glide scout with forty-inch
wheels. This car Is especially equipped
for the transcontinental trip, having
an unusual lot of room back of the
front seats for carrying necessary par
aphernalia,
W. W. Reed of Santa Ana purchased
a Glide touring car specially equipped
for transcontinental trips also. Ho in
tends camping out all along the route
and making New York in easy .stages.
J. B. Knead of the Colcman & Bcntel
company Is their new traveling sales
man for MlchellH tires and other auto
equipment.
G. N. Jordan of the Michel In tire
factory is visiting local headquarters,
and will mnkn a trip to all coast
Special Train of 32 Freight Cars Loaded
With 'Buick' Autos for Los Angeles Agency
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This special train carried a total weight of 600,000 pounds, and required thirty-two cars to trans
port the 169 Buick machines. The engine used was i big Mallett Compound, and the consignment
came in over the Santa Fe railway. It was the largest single shipment of automobiles ever made by
any motor car firm in the world. They were consigned to the Howard Automobile company of Los
Angeles and included all models of this popular make of cars. The total value of the cargo was $239,
--780, and the freight charges alone were $10,800. The Santa Fe railway broke all records for a freight
schedule, as the time from the factory at Flint, Mich., to Los Angeles was eight days.
LOS ANGELES HERALt): SIM)AV MOKXIXG, MAY 22, 1010,
points looking up new business in the
interests of Colernan & Bentel, the
Pacific coast agents for Mlcliellri tires.
"Jean" Parker, a director in the
Durocar Manufacturing company and
one of the best known of local motor
car enthusiasts, leaves today for the
east on an extended business trip.
Marshall L. Cooper is manager of
the new local agency for the distribu
tion of the Paige-Detroit motor cars,
and Is out on the streets daily with
hla demonstrator, and reports excep
tionally good business for a new
agency. He delivered a roadster model
last week to Dr. H. J. Johnson of
Santa Mfiria, who drove his car over
land to his home.
The well known jobbing and supply
house of Chanslor & Lyon, with head
quarters in this city and large stores
In Seattle and San Francisco, will open
a branch in Fresno on June 1. which
will bo in charge of M. H. Whlpple,
formerly of the San Francisco store.
The firm has also just Issued a hand
pomely Illustrated catalogue of 200
pages describing every auto accessory.
Benamin Nedderman, a traveling
man of San Francisco, came to Los
Angeles last week from the Bay City,
driving his little Hupmobile all the
way, and on one day states that the
car covered more than SOO miles and
used but sixteen gallons of gasoline.
P. A. Lord, head of the Lord Motor
Car company, leaves this week .for the
Studebaker factory In Detroit to secure
more machines for the Southern Cali
fornia agencies. Mr. Lord expects to
visit other automobile factories while
he is away.
The Kisselkar agency are prepar
ing to erect a new salesroom and gar
age at 118 West Pico street. C. L.
Leppo, the manager, was with the
Rambler In Milwaukee for seven years
and later with the Kisselkar factory
for two years and is a live wire.
RAIN OF CIGARETTES
CONVICTS IS STOPPED
Two Men Throw Luxury from a
Bridge Over Yard
NEW YORK, May 21.—1t used to rain
cigarettes on Blackwell's Island, where
hundreds of city prisoners work out
their salvation, but it doesn't rain such
luxuries any more. After diligent
search and hard work Warden Hayes
has stopped the downpour.
Hayes had noticed for some time that
his prisoners had all the cigarettes they
wanted —which was against the rules.
Visitors were searched, but nothing was
found on them, and the warden almost
gave up tho mystery.
Tho other day he happened to notice
tho prisoners working 1 beneath the
Queensborough bridge that runs high
across tho island, and It occurred to
him that tho cigarettes might be
thrown from it. Patrolman Clarke was
directed to put on his Sunday suit and
loiter on the bridge every day. This
morning he saw two young men throw
a package to a crowd of prisoners be
low.
In the Yorkville court they gave their
names as Samuel Vagakmiskl and Vic
tor Sargenska of 368 East Seventy-first
street. They were charged with disor
derly conduct, because no one ,could
think of any other offense they had
committed. They explained that they
took pity on the prisoners below, and
for this reason had thrown them cigar
ettes. Promising never to do it again,
they were released.
Betty Bray Is coming to L,os Angeles.
TRIP MADE BY
GIRL IN AUTO
Society Woman of Rochester Wiil
Drive Her Car from New
York to Los Angeles
NEW YORK. May 21.—Five thousand
miles in an automobile, over all sorts of j
country roads—such Is the trip Miss
Blanche Stuart Scott of Rochester N.
V Will undertake in her model 38
Overland. Alone, except for a woman
companion. Miss Scott leaves Colum
bus Circle, New York city, May 16,
tor Los Angeles. ,
Feminine pilots of automobiles have
won recognition for hill climbs success- :
fully attempted, and for clear records
in various road tours, but it remains |
for this young woman to attempt the
seemingly impossible.
With a degree of nonchalance one
might expect in a seasoned driver, Miss
Scott has made complete preparations
for this, her first trip of any length.
Every conceivable emergency has
been prepared for. Spare tires, extra
spark plugs, complete repair kit, camp-
Ing outfit—everything that human in
genuity can suggest 19 included. Miss
Scott, herself, carries a Savage autp
matic to intimidate any wandering
Willies that may beset her path.
When asked what she would do ir
her engine broke down, several miles
from nowhere, she replied In a sur
prised tone of voice, "Why, fix it, of
C "But" she added. "I don't expect
any serious troubles. My car is so
simple and trouble-free that I am not
afraid of any very difficult repairs be
intr necessary. make the\rip success
"lf men can make the trip success
fully, why can't women? I don ex
pect to break any speed records. I In
tend to take my time and enjoy the
oujting as much as possible," she con
tinued. "Men are skeptical of a wo
man's ability to cope with anything
mechanical, and I am going to prove
donS why it is," she continued
warming up to the subject, that
everybody seems to think this is such
a great undertaking. I don't consider
it as anything more than an occas ona
vacation. There will be an occasional
puncture to mend, or a spark plug to
clean—but what is there hard about
that? Hardships? Well, this is a civi
lized country, and I have nothing to
fear in that line but storms and bad
roads. Storms can't be helped, and if
anyone can show me a. road my car
can't negotiate—it Isn't a road," she
concluded with a determined shake of
e{t ?s interesting to know how this
trip came to be made.
It seems that Sales Manager Barker
of the Willys-Overland company,
while in Kansas City recently, was
talking with H. G. Kirkland. the Over
land representative at that place.
"All this talk about the awful pr -
vations of cross-country riders, their
perils and the tremendous difficulties
encountered is pure exaggeration,
said Mr. Barker, "written merely to
advertise the few cars which have been
driven from coast to coast. Why—even
a woman could drive a good car any
where they went. I have half a. mind
to start some woman off now, Just to,
demonstrate it can be done,
"Well I'm from Missouri," Bald Mr.
Kirkland, "and you'll have to show me.
If a woman can drive a car across the
continent without the services of a
mechanician or helper I am still to be
convinced." . i.. „
"If you feel that way about It," was
the reply, "I'll Just wager you $1000
that a woman can do it, and, what is
more, I'll send one this summer from
New York to San Francisco. If she
needs the slightest assistance, the
m"TaLn.'? Ua rid"Mr. Kirkland; "It's
easy money for me."
And now it remains to be seen which
of the two gentlemen is right.
Miss Scott will follow the regular
tourist route via Albany to Buffalo,
then by way of Chicago to Omaha.
From there she will follow the Platte
valley to the Julesburg point and then
overland through Cheverme, Ogden,
Reno, Sacramento and Oakland to San
Francisco. ; ■•■■ '■'■■
She will depend entirely upon her
own resources for replacements, re
pairs and supplies. The strongest ar
gument against her successful accom
plishment seems to be the fact she is
a woman. The strongest argument in
favor of carrying the project through
is her own ability and her unbounded
confidence in her little Overland.
"I'll find a way or make one,' says
Miss Scott, and this is the sort of de
termination that has carried many a
contestant to victory. ':•:. •"
HELPS HEN TO RECORD
BANGOR, Me., May 21.—Mrs. Michael
Ross of Portland, carries off the palm
for chicken-hatching records. Out of »
hatching of three dozen eggs, the
mother hen walked off the nest with
thirty-five chicks.
Mrs. Ross placed the thirty-sixth egg
In her bosom, completing the incuba
tion of the egg, and the chick thus
produced is the liveliest of the lot.
President T'nilerwood of tha Pennsylvania
mtlroail said the American is a hnr'i loser.
The American U the most cheerful loser on
oarth, so lonpr as ho believes the frame Is
straight.—Portland Telegram.
AKKOWHKAD HOT SPRINGS
Baths cure all stomach troubles and
rheumatism.
Betty Bray Is coming to I,os Angeles.
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OFFICIAL PATHFINDER
Washington Post's Three-Day
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CLAIMS RECORD
WITH 22-PISTOL
New Jersey Man Files Scores
Which Mark Him as
Crack Shot
TIES TWENTY SHOT FIGURE
First Run of Fifteen Shows Per
fect Score but Later Aim
Somewhat Poor
NEW YORK, May 21.—A new world's
record for 22-caliber pistol shooting
was claimed today by A. M. Poindex
ter of the Monmouth Revolver club of
Red Bnifk, N. J.
Poindexter sent to the national of
ficers of the United States Revolver
association at Springfield, Mass., hia
target, together with affidavits of wit
nesses, to show that he had scored 100
in ten shots, 150 for fifteen shots and
189 for twenty shots.
At the Monmouth club last night
Poindexter declared himself as shoot
ing for record under the rules of the
association. The bullseye for this work
is 2.71! inches in diameter and is di
vided into three sections.
The inner circle of about two-thirds
of an inch in diameter carries the
maximum count of 10. With his first
target, shooting ten times, Poindexter
made a perfect score, which will con
stitute a world's record if it Is allowed
by the United States Revolver asso
ciation.
Poindexter then shot a second target
for the 20-shot world's record. His
Bcore was 10, 10, 8, 8, 10, 10, 10, 9, 5, 9—a
total <>f 89, or 189 for the twenty shots.
This does not constitute a world's rec
ord, but it ties it, Thomas Anderson of
New York having shot 189 in 1903.
Three shots previous to the score of
100 for the ten shots and the two shots
succeeding it weru tens, giving the
marksman a run of fifteen consecutive
tens and a world's record, if allowed.
The only other perfect score ever
made for record with the single hand
arms and allowed was made by C. C.
Croßßrnan of St. Louis in 1007 with a
45 caliber revolver under conditions
for record with that particular arm.
BRANDY AND MORPHINE
DIDN'T INVALIDATE WILL
NEW YORK, May 21.—Tho rontost
over the will of the late James Bowers
of Essex Falls, N. J.. ended when Judpe
Jay Ten Eyek in the orphans' court,
Newark, signed an order admitting the
will and codicil to probate.
Bowers, a wealthy corset manufac
turer died September 15, 11)08. leaving
the bulk of his estate to his second
wife. Lida B. Bowers, whom he mar
ried in 1899 when he was 60 years or
age. The will was contested by James
E Bowera, the eldest son, who was left
only one-seventh of a part of the estate.
He claimed It was largely through his
efforts that the business was built up.
Medical testimony brought out at the
hearings was to the effect that for four
or five months before his death Bowers
had consumed a quart or more of
brandy a day, and had also been kept
plentifully supplied with morphine.
James E. Bowers asserted the liquor
was given him for the purpose of mak
ing htm amenable to the wishes of the
second wile, to whom Bowers left an
estate valued at $200,000.
Remember the Druids' picnic Sunday
at Schuetzen park.
Look for Betty i;iuy.
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