Show MYSTERY OF OI L E. R. R ELI I THOMAS Cl ARED One Is an Automobile Magnate Mag Hag nate and the Other a aI aWall aWall aWall I Wall Street Man Han Life History of Each I 7 I A name that has been prominent the thelast thelast last lat few years in racing Wall WaIl street and automobiles automobiles is that of E. E R. R Thomas Much confusion has re resulted for thoy they are Ire two different individuals ono one Lein being be- be 1 in ing E. E R. R Thomas the tho Buffalo automobile auto- auto i mobile manufacturer and the other E E. I R. R Thomas the New York banker and horseman A recent effort has bas been made in tho press pres to call caB one Edwin Ross Thomas and the other Edward Rusel Thomas The Thc two men could not notI I 1 bo ho more dissimilar in lD tastes habits age 1 I size and vocation Edwin Ross floss Thomas the tho automobile J manufacturer is a graduate of ol Duffs Duff's coe college e about the tho year 1865 lie He is a 14 I short thick set family man nina of maturI mature matur I ago and andery very ery domestic habits aud and audI andI j I I thou though h noted for progressiveness in in the tile j I manufacture of automobiles is more moro of or ofa a business man of tho old school lie IIo liei I never ne owned a race horse nor is IS he ho rei re- re i as a sportsman for the reason i ho does docs not wager a dollar on an any conj contest contest con- con j test and docs does not frequent sporting i events e j I Mr r. r Thomas Thoma however howe has been an anI ardent in automobile racin racing from front the standpoint of a manufacturer I believing that automobile racin racing is not mere sport but hut that tho concussions and strains of of- terrific fic speed are the secrest severest se so- crest verest tests to which an automobile can I be bo subjected and is practically I the Of onty method by bv which the factors I of safety and high efficiency may be reliably re reo ro- ro determined I Edwin dwin Russell Thomas the tho banker I and horseman graduated with hi high h honor hon boa or 01 in In Yale about 1903 He Ht is about 0 U I fret fet 4 oJ inches incurs tall very NY slender an and about 3 32 years old Mr r. r Thomas is a ason ason ason son of Gen Sam Thomas deceased formerly of Ohio but later of of NewYork New NewYork NewYork York who ho was a lawyer aw cr by 1 profession but Lut made macic an immense fortune in the merging of railroads he hin being amon among the tho first if not the ori originator of this character of promotion Edwin Russell Thomas inherited an immense fortune from his father Ho lie first came into public prominence soon after niter his coe college e days ays as tho the owner of the famous race horses Stalwart Stalwart Stal Stal- wart and others as the tho owner of the Morning Telegraph raph and anti as tho time president president I dent of the Terro Haute railway lIe Ire has also been heen an ardent automobilist having driven in some sonic very fast automobile races and owning a a. large lar-A stable of automobiles which more than anything else elto has probably confused him with E. E R. R Thomas the automobile manufacturer He Ho has been ve very y popular in New York finance e and is ali also o very prominent nent 60 socially in New w York ant and Newport New New- port lie He is 18 is' is said to have huc been the leadin lead lead- in tag ing spirit in in tho Western Ice Ico company r. the Kingston ston Locomotive o company and anil has hns vel very lately lv embarked in the thc manufacture man man- of the tho Allen n Kingston ton automobile auto auto- mobile at tho the Kin Kingston ston locomotive works lie IIo has been mentioned in connection with tho tIlO Morse Heinze-Morse disasters disaster but a aarAo largo large arAo coterie of friends who know kno Ned cd Thomas that ho is more sinned a against than sinning |