Show FRENCH AUTOS USE CHARCOAL I Demonstrate Power of Other OHler Fuel Besides Gasoline ily Hr PARIS June June ks Thirty Thirty auto auto- automobiles automobiles mobiles on a I three weeks weeks' tour through h France Krance recently demon demon- demonstrated demonstrated the usefulness of fuels other than gasoline ga In automotive touring Most Io remarkable t In this d mon st rat Ion was the run made malc by b 14 H 11 Hat of at these 30 vehicles on what is called a fuel manu manu- manufactured manufactured d on the spot by the motor motorcar car Itself This Is generated from charcoal wood or other similar substances Alt 11 of ot these vehicles carried heavy Y loads over the entire trip One weighing 11 tons traveled 10 miles In one day da and another weighing eight tons reached a speed of 35 3 miles an hour In one case rase a sm l touring car running on granulated peat char char- charcoal charcoal charcoal coal exhausted Its original supply along the way wa For the tho rest of oC the journey the driver stopped slopped at bakers' bakers shops along the way bought wood charcoal and trav trav- traveled traveled on n this Each vehicle Is equip quip equipped equipped quipped ped with a a. generator which Is Isa isa a a. sort of or furnace A slow fire burns the necessary fuel and pro pro- produces produces duces due s a a agas gas pas which Is fed Into the engine en lne through h a carburetor s Of Or Orthe the 14 gazo eno vehicles eight used a 0 special compressed charcoal made up Into egg sized balls and having the advantage of cleanliness c case ease of handling and greater density d em It and I purity |