Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14

The recent opinion of Attorney General
BOnaparte, the effect of which was that the
officials of Glen Echo have no right to fine
automobiles who speed along the Conduit
road through the limits of Glen Echo, Is
stated to be immensely pleasing to the
| members of the Automobile Club of Wash
ington. They are now determined to push
| the test case in the courts and recover the
| fines collected, which, it is stated, amount
| to about 5000. In fact, a number of mem
bers are quitting what they are going to
do with the money when the time arrives
TO collect Mayor Garrett, on the other
hand says 1t is easy to write opinions. In
the meantime the lid at Glen Echo is on
and the youthful chief executive has COM
Portable seat on top.
During the past week the local automo-
bile dealers say trade has been dull. 1t is
generally supposed that when the weather
is decidedly warm the general public turns
to thoughts of the buzz car. This is proba-
bly true it is stated, but the autoists who
intend TO buy machines generally fit out
before the first streak of real warm weather
arrives.
the leading road engineers of the country,
has been interviewing motorists of Penn
sylvania upon the proposed S2o,OOo,uo state
highway between Philadelphia and Pitts
| though defeated in the last legislature, is
not dead by any means.
When the contestants in the Picking to
Paris race reached the monastery occu-
pied by the Lama of Uurga, who is sec
| ond only in Importance to the Grand Lama
! of Thibet the princely potentate had his
! attendants drag forth motor car of his
own which proved to be cheap and worth
! less Just who stuck the lama the Euro
| peans were unable to discover.
While the English judges appear to be
| strongly prejudiced against motorists, Eng
| lish jurors, seemingly, desire TO play fair
! An autoiSt was sued recently at Bath be-
cause his machine frightened cab horse
| The jury held that the fright was caused
| by smoke emitted by the auto, which was
| any negligence on the part of the motorist
| Touring motorists should beware the risks
! involved in buying lubrcating oil for the
| motor of agents and dealers in out-ofthe-
! way places. as the average gasoline engine
| is very sensitive to poor grades of oil. In
case an emergency demands the use OF
| some unknown and heavy compound 1t is
| we'll to mix a little kerosene with 1t before
| taking chances on dirty valves or gummed
| cylinders.
When the fretwork on the control pedals
| of a car becomes worn as TO render the
| foot liable to slide off. particularly in wet
! Wea Their IL is a very good plan to Wlnd the
| tread portion with tire tape, a sufhclent
number of layers being used to give GOOD
and certain Traction" 1t IS simple little
expedient. but is well worth while when
| the risk incurred by a possible slip OF the
foot is taken into account.
very good ''mancheon" for covering a
torn or cut outer tire casing may be I'M
nroyised out of an old-fashioned leather
boot leg strip three or four inches long
er than the rupture in the tire casing
should be cut from the softest part or the
buotIc.. and should be worked rapidly be-
tween the hands to render it pliable. 1t
! should then be bound firmly i'll place, any
! thing from a stout cord to leather thohg
! serving for the purpose. care being taken
! to anchor the flashing to one OF the spohes
! so that it cannot creep.
! Automobiles have been put to many
unique ut various times, such as run
ming printing presses, hosting materai on
/ construction work. and even turning thresh-
| ing machines. but Walnut. Iowa. claims 70
/ have the original automobile washing ma
| chine. William Christensen. city electrician,
| Monday morning gets out his car, jacks
up the rig and attaches a belt from the
! rear wheel to the pulley of the automatic
| washing machine which has been filed
with soapy water and soiled linen. turn
| Of the crank and by the time the morning
| paper has been read the wash is ready TO
| rinse and hang out on the line.
Two enthusiastic automoblists who spend
| n large part of their time in this city are
| Messrs Samuel and Robert DalZeIl OF
| Pennsylvania. On their frequent trips
| about the city they use a large black Loco
| mobile which is handled in this city by the
| Pope Automobile Company. Both of the
| palzells are enthusiastic golfers and during
| the early part of the past spring were fire.
| quent participants in tournaments played
| at the Chevy Chase Club. They have al
| ways used a Locomobile, and during the
| summer they tour about the country. Last
| year they were in Canada and spent much
| time near Quebec. They have also toured
| extensively in the Adirondacks and about
| the Thousand Islands
| John a. LutZ. local agent of the Olds-
| mobile is one OF the autoists who have II
| in for Mayor Garrett of Glen Echo He
| recently had a trial before the bar of jus
tice presided over by the mayor and was
| soaked" for a heavy fine. One of the
| residents Of the municipality, 1t was al