Koeppen's Fortune Used in Auto Rage
Kaiser by taking the Protos to Paris now gives up the task. Foreign cars delayed for hours at Victoria due to trouble over ship's papers.
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
6
Kaiser by taking the Protos to Paris now gives up the task. Foreign cars delayed for hours at Victoria due to trouble over ship's papers.
Reported, Thomas Valdez. GOSE trust. Seattle notes show De Dion and Protos entries with numbers 4836 and 2966. Found Alaskan trails impassable and returned to Seattle due there tomorrow. Sajis sails Saturday for Vladivostok to cross Asia and Europe to Paris en route to Yokohama arriving April 20.
Lieut Hans Koeppen, attaché of the German General Staff, says the Protos car will ship from Seattle aboard the Glen Logan to Vladivostok for the New York to Paris race. He financed the expedition with 12000 dollars after Berlin companions Knape and Maes withdrew in Chicago. Koeppen remains to complete the journey with chauffeur Oep Schneider, facing mounting costs and dwindling funds.
Special to Tie New York Times from Baker City Oregon reports the German Protos car, the last of the New York to Paris racing automobiles, in a feature on the challenging endurance event.
The racing autos travel by rail to Portland then Seattle and onward by ship to Viadivestock before resuming the road to Paris. A German car earned a brief delay near Pocatello. Foreign racers in Victoria and Vancouver Island faced port delays delaying plans to reach Vladivostok ahead of American and German entrants.
In the McClellan Hearst case juror selection halted with one seat remaining. Juror No.11 Theodore Truax editor and genealogist celebrated his birthday while recount views and newspaper reading habits revealed varied biases. Court adjourned to continue tomorrow.
Borough President Ahearn named Rev. William N. Dunnell rector of All Saints' Episcopal Church to a four year term on the Local Board of the Fourth School District. He becomes the second minister on the board joining Rev. Warren H. Wilson of Brooklyn.
In Albany on April 15 the Insurance Committee bill passed the Senate with no opposition. It, favored by life insurers, would modify Armstrong law restrictions on new business. The measure allows renewal commissions for fourteen years instead of nine and increases permitted promotional expenditures by corporations to secure new business.
In Albany on April 15 a Senate Internal Affairs hearing considered a bill to impose an annual state tax on motor vehicles. Commercial vehicle interests opposed Chauffeur registration concerns were raised by R H Lloyd and K Neftel. Support came from W W Niles and W H Hotchkiss. The tax would vary by vehicle weight.
Gov Hughes sent to the Senate the nomination of James S. Whipple of Salamanca to serve another four years as State Forest Fish and Game Commissioner starting yesterday. Also proposed were Stoner of Agriculture for a related post and Pearson of Cornell to fill a seat on the State Fair Commission. other nominees include Wieting Pitkin and Perrin with confirms pending.
The Apsibas- The F angle Club at Yinseton University presents the annual musical program featuring "When Congress Went to Privesyear" with performances by Frine torn tents and other composers.
The government purchased three of the largest colliers ever built each with a capacity of 2,000 tons of coal, exceeding any in service. The move aims to relieve difficulties faced by naval officers in supply and logistics.
Special to The New York Times Hempstead L I April 15 A hermit miser William Henry Jayne died after forty years in a Cherry Valley Road hut. Executors and workmen uncovered a wall stash with substantial sums once believed concealed. The find includes about 42 000 plus 13 000 discovered soon after his death. Relatives say the walls might have held more.
Earthquakes rattled Utah districts early in the morning with tremors reported near Milford and Newtune, felt across several counties. No serious damage or injuries were reported as residents assessed affected areas.
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