The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-15

to mateTiaIize. are making plans to insti-
tute an automobile stage line of their
own to connect with nearby towns
Though it has been organized for but
few months, the NOrristown Automobile
club, of NOTrlStOWn, Pa, already has be-
gun to talk of erecting a club house
To obtain sufficient lighting to perform
an operation upon Mile. Jane Margyl, a
beautiful Paris actress, taken suddenly
i'll with appendicitis at her villa, surgeons
placed automobile searchlights on tables
around the bed while they worked.
Under the will of Miss Mary 2. Root,
who with her father and brother was
killed in a crash between a train and
auto at Ashley Falls, Mass. the public
library of Bristol, Conn, will receive
Request of one-half her estate. OF over
$50 900.
At the Futurity race at Sheepshead Bay
track New York, there were 492 autOmo-
biIes parked at one time back Of the
grand stand, representing a value OF
81 900. OF the collection S52 were Amer
lean machines and 40 Of foreign build
The closing of the liquor dispensary al
Athens. Ca, by the operation Of Georgia
new prohibition law will deprive that city
of an annual income averaging $4,000, a
large share of which always was devoted
to road Improvement
An indianapolis police court justice has
recommended that the physicians Of the
CITY carry a red cross when making eHleE-
gency- runs in their automobiles that they
may be unmolested for speeding, a priv
iIege granted them under the cltys Ordl-
nances- -,
cate near Baltimore has set up a brilliant
lantern of sufficient candle-poWer 70 over
come the combined lamps IN the Iront OF
an automobile, and 1t is either a case OF
plunging ahead in the darkness or stop
ping and paying
Princess Elizabeth Won Liechtenstein OF
Vienna a niece of Emperor Francis Jo-
senh is said to be the most enthusiastic
motoriste among the nobility OF Europe
She owns and personally drives thirty-one
cars and has converted her extensive sta
HES into complete garage
before attempting 10 remedy a slipping
brake by treating the friction surfaces IN
any one of the dozen or so ways Ihdt ar
recommended it IS vel to MAKE sure ma o.
there is nothing hindering the contact or
The parts when the lever or pedal Is
thrown into its extreme position,
on the plea that the word "automo7
bile, is a hybrid compound of Latin ana
Creek some word puriSts propose cdllnS
the machine either ''ipsmobile, Wnicn y
pure Latin. or "autOkinetikOn, Whch rs
straight Greek. Along the same me tiF
correct name for garage Wodld o.
''autOkineticutOplas
PortOfino-Kulm. one of the most beau
tiful resorts on the Mediterranean coast.
has been made accessible to the tourist
nv means Of the motor car Inc iirst
road leading to the high cliffs on when
it is situated recently was completed ana
a motor bus service was established from
the nearest railway station
The attempt to introduce taNimetcr
cabs in Rome is meeting with bitter op-
Dosition from the cabbies. They argue
mat the system will benefit only foreign
ers who viii pay less while the natives
will nav more ''Why should the poor
Roman pay the same as English and
American milliOnaires2" they ask.
Emil Simon. the Columbia university
student who is serving a three months
sentence IN a German Jail for killing a
woman with his automobile. IS given
many privileges not enjoyed by other
prisoners He sleeps in an airy room IN
stead Of a cell and is allowed TO study
and buy food to add to the ordinary pTls-
on fare.
Charles P Terry chairman Of the leEis-
Iative board Of the American AutOmobile
association, are members of the congress
on uniform laws, composed of delegates
appointed by the governors Of different
states This congress will take M the
subject of a uniform automobile law and
Dresent for adoption by the legislatures Of
the different states a model bill drawn
by Terry.
Now that the German government has
had success with the armOred aUtOmC-
bile for war purposes. it is experimenting
with an automobile for hauling artillerv
It looks much as If the war of the future
was to be war of good roads and auto
mobiles. because the nation which has the
hest roads and fastest automobiles will
be better equipped tn rush men and ord
nance to the battlefieids in the shortest
possible time.
One little kink in the handling Of an
air-cooled motor consists In making
grades on as low = gear as may be done
comfortably. thus permitting the motor to
run at fairly high speed. even though The
rate Of travel be comparatively low. BY
this means the sDeed Of the fan Is kent
11n and the circulation of air about the
cylinders retained even when the natuFa
draught of the car is so slight to be
or little or no aid for that purpose.