The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

Benedict in Monumental City.
Owing to the hot weather Of the past
week, the automobile industry has picked
up considerably from local standpoint.
1t is reported by the local dealers that
sales have been heavy and things are
going liveler than they have moved at
any time this season. Many sales were
executed last week. and many more are
in a more or less advanced stage.
This same weather, however, has caused
a let-up in touring and club events. There
have been but few long trips recently.
and the only club event Of interest was
the crab feast at the club house on
Brghtwood avenue on the Fourth. This
brought out a fun attendance Of members
and their guests. The big clubhouse was
crowded, and the late arrivals had q diff
cult time finding parking space.
Edmund K Fox will lay aside his
auto Wednesday. when he leaves the city
| for a long vacation to be spent in travel
/ through Canada, as far as the Yukon.
/ Arthur c. Moses wHl accompany him.
p. Browning Spence, a popular member
/ of the club gave his friends the slip last
Tuesday, and in company with Miss
/ Mamie Lee. caught a train for Baltimore.
whore they were quietly married at the
/ home Of Harry Chesley Their friends
I in the club had been expecting the event,
and had prepared a surprise They kept
/ in touch with the local marriage license
/ clerk, bat this plan was defeated when
/ Mr.. Spence announced that ne was going
away for a month He would not state
/ where or why. and this fact was the tip
! The wise ones Immediately relaid their
/ plans but the intended bride and bride
! groom beat them by a fun hour. Miss
/ Lee was regarded as one of Washington $
most beautiful young women Mr.. and
Mrs. Spence will spend July in Atlantic
/ city. at the Marlborough-Blenh
Royce Hough, manager for the Pope
/ Company taking advantage Of the holi-
/ day ON the Fourth, spent tie latter half
of the week at Benediet. Nd. on "a fishing
/ expedition.
/ C. II. Tolman. Of Io-S Connecticut ave
nue., has just returned from a tour TO
/ Philadelphia.
/ Mr. H0ugh has just received word that
the Pope-Hartford has added two more
events 20 lts long string Of records One
Of them was i'm the Economy Cup race at
. Los Angeles, when lS5 miles We're made
ou eight and a half gallons Of gasoline
Model L. says another letter. won the
. four-cylinder piston displacement Eundi-
leap at Stucky HHI, near Cleveland, beat
. ing six other IAakes.
/ Herbert Lytle. driving a Pope-ToleGo in
/ the twenty-four hours endurance race in
( Detroit. broke the worlds record on a cir
cular track by forty-nne miles, running
. for six continuous hours without leaving
. the cav or touching il with a wrench. At
this point the fastenings on his rim burst,
. throwing it from the rear wheel break
ing the car and injuring the driver.
F. Roger Wetm0re. son Of Senator Wet
more, is driving "a new auto-car runabout.
I Some of the other new cars recently out
are au electric runabout purchased 10y
Mr.. Hughes OF the Walker-Hushcs Com
pany. A L. Barber has a new loComobile
F. touring car, as has also Z. r. Alexander.
Of the Cook & Stoddard Company.
The Studebaker Company recently COM
pleted a remarkable test Of mileage ca
pacity with its electric victoria placton.
. Model is. at South Bend
II The car was one Alat had been in use
. for six months. and had the ordinary bat
. teries and equipment The test was made
over the city streets under traffic Difficult
ties With S ". Rothenberger driving.
and on low speed all the way, ia miles
were covered ON another test. on second
speed. l55 miles We're covered on Cue
/ charge. and on still another. on the third
speed. 1o1 miles were covered.