Show t 7 Baltimore automobilists are arc planning a contest early earl in June rune Gasoline costs twice as much at Pa Paris Paris ris as 15 in this country and the price la 15 I rising steadily A device d has been patented which is said to take the hum out of or the gears of cars There ara are trades or professions professions professions represented In the work done on onan onan an automobile before it is completed In Mexico most of the locomotive en engineers engineers and firemen wear weal motorists goggles g as a protection against dust first motorbus proving a suc sue success success cess from a financial standpoint sev se seral ral more will soon be placed in ser service servIce service vice Great BritaIn Imported worth of f automobiles autom less in February than thanin thanIn thanIn in the corresponding month last year car An enterprising press agent of ot a vau vaudeville deville show which is touring the thc coun cowl country country try gives an elephant a dally daily airing in ina Ina ina a motor car carAs carAs carAs As an evidence of 01 the demand for cars in Mexico one ape American firm re recently recently recently sent in a single le ship shipment ment mont to Mexico City Cleveland auto subscribed of or the necessary to carry C out tho th model road project proposed by the Cleveland CI Automobile club At tins tile present rate of increase in tho the number of automobiles transported across across the ocean garages on big liners will become a prime necessity The Royal floyal Automobile lub of Great Or t Britain is in a curious dilemma being unable una le to find a hill within easy PaSy reach of or London suitable for contests The Inability of the t e railroads to fur Cur furnish furnish nish enough suitable cars for transport transporting ing irig automobiles has hils driven many man manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers tos tOL the he expense of 01 shipping carloads by express To increase e the foreign display at thu tbt tb Madrid show the Spanish gov government g gOvernment v emment will admit exhibits free of 01 duty dut provided they are taken from the country within three months Ons hundred and three automobiles invoiced at were Imported at New Ne York In March against worth 34 In March 1906 and valued at in March 1907 legislatures consent secured a syndicate of Iowa capitalists will con eon connect connect neet over towns with cement roads and operate a system of big motor cars for lor passenger and freight traffic The road from Atlantic City to Phila Pla Philadelphia delphia del hla is now no marked signboards and the route from the resort to t New NewYork ew York soon will be The work has been done by y Atlantic tl City motorists A noticeable rule for this years ears Gild GlIdden den tour is one providing penalties for replacement of ot parts not carried A Adaily daily record of new parts placed on a n acar acar car clr repairs and adjustments is re required required required k Camels laden petrol and sta stationed stationed 1 at Intervals 1 re the road lies through h a desert country count rid ind far tar from thi th Siberian railway will the tho competitors in She e Pekin to Paris race with fueL M If I The Chinese government has con consented consented consented to a series of trials and con contests contests contests tests of automobiles in Pekin on June 10 A Franklin county Mass 1155 farmer fanner uses an automobile t to drive his hi cows to and from pasture two miles mites from his home The German military authorities a are establishing an automobile section as a n apart apart part of ot the army transport rt depart department department department ment A special body of ot men known as the automobile corps is in training Counsel for the tho defense in a law suit for damages growing out of the skid skidding skidding ding of a London Lond n moter motel bus contended that the could not recover be because because because cause the skidding was due to an act of at God The rhe almost uncivilized tribes of southern Nigeria in darkest Africa are areto areto areto to be Introduced to the automobile High Commissioner Sir Walter Edger Ed cr ton tart of Great Grent Britain having ordered one for his use there Several newspapers of Paris man managed managed aged to get out their editions during the recent strike of electrical workers by utilizing auto motors to drive their presses Fashionable cafes were light lighted od ed d by automobile searchlights Manufacturers of commercial motor vehicles feeling reeling that their exhibits tall fall to receive eccIe due attention at atthe the pleas pleasure pleasure pleasure ure car show plan to hold a separate show at New York City in the fall making four dur shows for tor that city Under the worst wort possible weather and road conditions a touring car ear car carrying carrying carrying two men and half a ton of Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday day newspapers recently was driven the 58 miles from Crom Camden N NJ J to Atlantic City In 69 minutes Mufflers that at become be oma clogged with dirt or r oil cause back pressure in the tho cylinders and consequent loss of power The muffler should be cleaned regularly One cause of ot mufflers be becoming becoming becoming coming clogged is too much oil in the tho cylinders c lInders It Is the experience of demonstrators and road teachers that by keeping the eyes on a distant point in the road ahead the inexperienced driver will do much better than if It he h keeps them glued on the tips of the fenders of his hiscar hiscar hiscar car Europe has fears that the price of gasoline will increase to such an ex cx extent extent tent that it will be a costly matter to satisfy the moderate demands of ot a no modern motor The cause is ascribed to the extremely rapid growth of automo Not only is the United states tho the largest producer of petroleum but ut It also Is fg the greatest exporter of ot gaso gasoline gasoline line In 1905 it exported bar barrels b r reli containing gallons each Russia the next nearest export exported ed barrels barrets The ThO appellate division of the tM New NewYork NewYork NewYork York supreme court has decided that an n automobile insurance policy which Jr provides vides for the th payment of or loss by a afire firo fire which does not originate within the machine must be paid i Ithe If the fire results from any mishap to the lamps the court that the lamps are not within the th machine When once it is decided d to have hav a tire it is as well not to de do delay delay dolay lay matters as aa a tire will willear wear ear all the better for tor or having two or three months in which to become thor thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly seasoned prior to doing hard work on the tho road Smart little motor cars cara have been adopted by tha the London police to sup supplant supplant supplant plant the dog carts so long used by Scotland Yard They are finished in chocolate picked out with red and bear the royal arms while the drivers are uniformed In blue Mabelle labelle Gilman Oilman the American ac actress actress actress tress whose name frequently has been associated with that of a steel mag magnate magnate magnate nate and who Is la living in Paris re recently recently recently purchased her fourth automo automobile automobile automobile bile She uses a stable once owned by Jerome Bonaparte as a a garage A stop will be made maile at Gettysburg Pa to allow the Glidden tourists ample opportunity to Inspect the famous battlefield The roads throughout hout the reservation are perfect macadam and there are no speed regu regulations lations to hamper motorists In addition to three cars which are re being built in Europe for persons who hope to dash over the tho Ice fco to the north pole three more are under way at New NewYork NewYork NewYork York two for Dr Frederick Cook of Brooklyn and nd a third for Anthony FI Fl FIala FIala ala the leader of ot the Zeigler expedition expedition expedition tion Automobile owners are not responsible ble for all aU acts of their drivers accord accordIng accordIng Ing to a n decision d handed down by b Judge Griffin In the King county su superior superIor perlor court at Seattle Wash While a asuit suit cult for damages against an 1st was on trial it was shown that tho the chauffeur was out driving for tor his own pleasure pl when the machine struck the plaintiff In the case Judge Griffin at once took the case out of the hands of the jury and ordered the suit dis dismissed dismissed dismissed missed An English device to minimize the dust nuisance consists of thin plates of metal I about a foot square one side of which is shaped Into a semicircle fit fitting fitting ting close up behind the back tires These shields s are staved out from the back axle about eighteen inches from the ground and as the dust dut Is drawn up by th the tires they catch it and de deflect deflect fleet It toward the earth again with without without without out allowing It to rise to the tha level of ot the air eddies caused by the vacuum formed immediately behind the back backof of ot the tha car carThe carThe carThe The body of ot tho the kaisers latest auto automobile automobile automobile mobile Is In cream white or ornamented ornamented ornamented in Ingold gold and blue and It is upholstered in red leather On the In Inside Inside Inside side are re small cupboards containing all alla a smokers rs requisites B stationery and everything needed by the monarch should he wish to write letters while touring A small window in front en enables enables ables the emperor to talk to the driver whenever necessary n and In to enable him to fo enter the car with hl hi helmet on his head the top of the th dar may may be b raised r For the safety of at the occupants sheets of steel stool have been built Into various parts pa e ethe of the body of ot the car S j f J |