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Show MAXWELL BREAKING RECORDS Los Angeles Non Stop Run Showing Remarkable Mileage , With the world s no stop of motor re-ord re-ord as ts goal a Maxwell 2o stock tour ing car started out in Los Angeles last week under most favorable auspices E ght from the very jump the little car began p ling np a most enviable record for economy and consistent road work and last reports from the Angel city were nd cat ve of success In every way The run was sanctioned by the Amen can Automobile assoc ation and the rec ords establ shed will be official In every way Three observers working In sh tts of e ght hours each are on the job n ght and day and tabulate every deta 1 connected with the feat The car was oft cially declared a stock model before the run began and special per mission was necessary before even an extra speedometer could be added to the equipment, as the regular stock Maxwell naturally haB but one ind cator Three dnvers also work ng in details of e ght hours each are hand ing the car on ts day and n ght travels No regular route s mapped out, each pilot tak ng the roads that best suit his fancies In the twenty seven days which it s antic pated will be used before the record mileage is reached almost every city n southern California will have been vi ted as the car is in big demand all over the southland The Mered th Automob le company lo cal agents for the Maxwell car, are in telegraph c commun cat on with Los An geles and daily receive reports of what the car s doing Yesterday morning the wire reported that the car had broken a world s record and had gone a total of 12 40o miles The car s now aver aging twenty two miles per hour and do ing twenty two miles on a gallon of gas |