Car Pushes Into Death Valley Spoils Ely Desert Welcome
French driver recounts wonders of the desert as a push by a Zust car leads to a fatal crash in Death Valley. Officials report the incident during a visit to Ely.
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
5
48th Day of the Rage Time and Travel Noted
A fragmentary report lists times and routes from San Francisco to Goldfield Cobre Rock Springs and Ogden with arrivals and a note that the party moved on by steamer toward Seattle. It mentions repairs at Ogden and en route status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jance
Thomas
San Francisco
Zust
Goldfield
Nev
de Dion
Cobre
Rock Springs
Wyo
Seattle
Ogden
Italian Zust car race delays in Mojave race to Alaska
Special correspondent reports the Italian Zust car has not arrived in Mojave as expected. The American Thomas car is en route toward Seattle to catch an Alaska-bound steamer, with the Italians believed to be ahead on a southern route via Death Valley and the borax road. A Garden Station telegraph contact and a responding party are ready to guide the racers once sighted. The Alaska departure now likely misses the April 8 steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mojave
Cal
New York
Paris
San Francisco
Seattle
Alaska
Goldfield
Death Valley
Thomas
Snake Mountain
Garden Station
Garden
Descriptive Desert Drive Through Americas Grand Desert
In Cobre New Mexico on March 29 the De Dion car traversed the Great Salt Lake to California desert, with coyotes and hawks overhead and a waterless, sandy landscape. The long road was cut by deep ditches, the car narrowly avoiding many bath-like sand pits as occupants pressed on toward an unknown destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
COBRE
de Dion
America
Grand Desert
Great Salt Lake
California
New York
Paris
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi
Missouri Rivers
Rockies
Great Salt Lake Country
Autran
De Dion Car Advances Toward Tonopah District Race
The French De Dion, three days behind the Zust in New York to Paris, nears Ely after leaving Mon ttello. It passed Cobre and faces 140 miles to Goldfield, with an estimated ten hours to cover the stretch and a possible start for a mountain run tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Ely
Zust
New York
Paris
Tonopah
Montello
Cobre
Goldfield
Repairs To German Car
Special to The New York Times from Ogden March 29 The German Protos car racing from New York to Paris should be ready to resume the road within 24 hours It must be shipped back to Rock Springs and still faces the bad road to Evanston but the German team hopes to be back by Thursday and start south Friday morning in pursuit of the French car They expect to reach San Francisco within four days of De Dion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ogden
Paris
Rock Springs
Evanston
San Francisco
de Dion
Seattle Prepares Welcome for Race Leader City of Pueblo Arrives
The steamer City of Pueblo bringing the New York to Paris auto race leader is due in Seattle at 9 AM after docking at Vancouver. A large car display and roped-off area will greet the autos, escorting the leader to a garage before Alaska shipping. Automobilists meet to plan two-day entertainments pending guidance from George Scheuster and George Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Seattle
Pueblo
New York
Paris
San Francisco
Alaska
Vancouver
George Scheuster
George Miller
Jungle Feast for Shriners at Madison Square Barnum Circus
About 2000 Mystic Shriners will hold their annual meeting at Madison Square concert hall next Tuesday and then join a dinner inside Barnum Bailey's circus amid the animals. The Shriners will be served by caterers in the menagerie with camels and possibly elephants assisting. Circus management fears animal unpredictability, so diners stay behind bars while all partake together if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Shriners
Madison Square
Barnum & Bailey's
Shriners
Machinist Ferdinand Huppner Missing From New Haven
John J. Zeller of Westchester seeks help locating Ferdinand Huppner a machinist missing since January 9 from New Haven Conn. He was last known at home preparing to move his family to the Tar Times area and was believed en route to work at College Point L I. Huppner about 5'9" 150 pounds with light hair blue eyes clean shaven. He wore black clothing with a jacket described as BVAaAV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Zeller
Merrill Street
Westchester
Tar Times
Ferdinand Huppner
New Haven
College Point
Huppner
Tests for speed with Autometer results for speed and power
Seventeen cars were tested on a new dynamometer by the Automobile Club of America. Results show maximum wheel horsepower, speeds, and gear effects, with two six-cylinder cars delivering notable high-speed averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Club of America
Max
H.P
H. P
Mercedes
Pope-Hartford
Westinghouse
Stoddard-Dayton
Packard
Pierce Arrow
Simplex
Csesces
Oldsmobile
Stevens-Duryea
Delahaye
Locomobile
Thomas
Peerless
Esaesece
Ccerses
Mora Sealed bonnet car to race in April carnival
W W Burke of Mora agency aims to ship the famed Mora sealed bonnet automobile to New York for entry in the April 7 carnival parade. The vehicle, among the forty one perfect scorers in last June's sealed bonnet test, has recently acted as a pilot car for New York to Paris racing machines from upper New York to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Burke
Mora
New York
Automobile Club of America
Paris
Chicago
Pierce
Buffalo
Charles Clifton
George N. Pierce Company of
Good Roads
E. F. Dean
Denver
Col
Long Island Automobile Club
Charles H. Hyde
Charles W. Holloway
Howard M. Davis
John Welz
Jay S. Jones
Russell M. Reme
Morris Salzman
Edwin F. Lindon
Edwin A. Cruikshank
David M. Hasbrouck
Frank J. Kane
Harry Hitchings
Theodore Ross
F. W. Flettwell
A. Frank Beals
Clinton
Scholes
Broadway
Park Department
Hotchkiss
American Automobile Association
Toronto
Ontario Motor Club
Thomas
Harry S. Houpt
Thomas Makers
H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company
Albany
Col. Pardee
A. L. Kull
Dragon Compeer
Woman Slain in Fallsington Home Near Trenton
Frances Kade, young wife of farmer Anthony Kade, was found dead at her Fallsington area home. Coroner Rue and District Attorney Ryan pursue a suspect after a brutal struggle ending in multiple stab wounds and skull fracture. An axe lay nearby. a rifle hammer was broken. a damaged chair and lamp hint at a violent fight. Her husband is jailed elsewhere for petty robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Frances Kade
Anthony Kade
Fallsington
Rue
William C. Ryan
Doylestown
Panic claims raised by Orange pastor in sermon
The Rev Dr Adolph Roeder of New Church Orange and NJ Civic Federation president says he has seen evidence that distorted business conditions come from underhand manipulation. He argues suspicions of money withdrawal and bank capital cuts to undermine the Administration deserve scrutiny of financial control and opportunity laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Roeder
New Church
Orange
New Jersey State Civic Federation
Roeder
Eecerey
Auto Carnival Plans Light Up Upper Broadway Week
Preparations begin this week to decorate stores and salesrooms along Automobile Row for the gala carnival week starting April 6. The New York motor trade showcases an unprecedented display with entries including an 1908 Mercedes and A M Hoagland’s 1908 Stearns, plus several trucks and a General Auto Supply float. We anticipate pennants and intact decor throughout the week to keep the carnival mood in town. The Haynes Automobile Co will show ten models across ten years, and the Hartford Rubber Co will present a tire manufacturing float in the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Row
Upper Broadway
New York Motor Trade
Berlin
Paris
A. M. Hoagland
Stearns
General Automobile Supply Company
Haynes Automobile Company
Hartford Rubber Company
Oxford Cambridge Bridge Boat Race Forecast Tight Contest
Putney dispatch says the OxfordDark Blues and Cambridge Light Blues are set for a close race on April 4 after secret trials. Oxford reportedly finished around 19 minutes 7 seconds with strong finish, while Cambridge clocked about 19 minutes 16 seconds with better water conditions favoring the Light Blues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putney
Oxford
Cambridge
Referee Expects 2 Months for Cable Chess Result
Walter Penn Shipley of Philadelphia, referee of the inter collegiate cable chess match on March 21, says final outcome awaits two unfinished games. Ash of Pennsylvan ia versus Woodhouse of Pembroke College shows a clear draw on the fifth board while Blumberg of Columbia versus Lob of Oxford requires adjudication. Shipley will send full analysis to England and await Oxford and Cambridge responses before a final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Penn Shipley
Philadelphia
I. Ash
University of Pennsylvania
C. C. Woodhouse
Pembroke College
Cambridge
H. Blumberg
Columbia
H. Lob
King’s College
Oxford
Blumberg
Shipley
England
Real and imitation laces at season prices across ranges
A catalog of lace offerings includes Real Princess Lace Medallions with fringe at 9.48 and 2.98, Real Princess Edge and Insertion three to six inches wide at 1.98 to 2.75 per yard, Filet Allovers 48 and 27 inches wide in white cream and ecru at 3.98 per yard, and multiple laces such as Torchon Cluny Seanee White Net and French Venetian Embroidery edges priced between 0.45 and 3.50 per yard, with various widths and colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atjeadh
Ray
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H. P. Finlay & Co., Ltd
Chauvenet Burgunnies
Mojave, California
Tle
Anderson & CO
Hazelton Bros
Fulton Street
Smith
Boro Hill
Brooklyn
NEW York Central Lines
St” Chaffray
Lascaris
G. Bourcier
Chaffray
Protos
Automobile Notes
Murderer
Smith-Gray
GRAY @ CO
Warren St
31St St
Fulton St
Flatbush Ave
Bedford Ave
Oneill-Adams G
Sixth Ave
N. Y
New Jersey
Batiste
Valenciennes Laces
Valenciennes
Hardy
O'Neill Building
Liberty
Duchess of Albany
John Laing Baron de Rothsehil
General
Jacquemon
Caroline Festout
Margaret Dickson
Paul Neyron
Ulrich Brummer
Marechal Niel Crimson Rambler
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