Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

ace to be run September Z over the Mer-
rick course by the Lowell, Mass, club is
$50. After expenses are paid any sums OF
money left over will be refunoed to the
subscribers pro rata.
After making the record of disposing of
az cases during the sixteen months that he
has sat on the bench as federal judge,
Oscar r.. Hundley of Huntsville, Ala, and
Mrs. Hundley are making a 5,O0O-mile tour
through the northern states.
The Lowell (Mass.) Automobile club
would enjoy the unique distinction OF being
the first organization to boast OF two sane
tons for its race, one from the American
Automobile association and the other from
the Automobile Club of America
Although Temple and Marlin, Tex, are
only twenty-five miles apart, it takes a
day and a half to make the round trip by
railroad, and j. F. Robinson of San An
tonic, has inaugursted an stage
line, reducing the time materially.
BY placing a ban on all cars thai partici-
pate in the Vanderbilt cup race and offer
ing 5000 In prizes for the savannah prize
contest the Automobile Club OF America
has thrown down a stern gauntlet to the
American association.
The Automobile club of California is pre-
pairing a series OF road maps of the coun-
lies OF that state. The maps are on a large
scale. and before they are issued the super
visors and surveyors OF each county will
be asked to correct and revise them.
1t is expected that entrants in the elimi-
nation trials for the Vanderbilt cup race
va ~ 80 -
cember l, between sunrise and o'clock
in the morning. The cement portions of
the new course will be twenty-eight feet
wide.
Conservative motorists OF New York ana
vicinity are %applauding the efforts Of the
Long Island railroad TO put a stop to reck-
less speeding over grade crossings by sta
tioning men at the crossings and making
public the names OF owners of cars which
J speed,
Complications are feared by Ohio motor
lists as a result of an opinion by the state
attorney general, that a member or officer
OF a corporation which owns an automobile
Is liable to arrest and punishment II he
uses the car without first taking out a
chauffeur's license.
General Booth. founder OF the Salvador
Army, Is making a unique preaching tour
through Scotland in an automobile. When
ever he desires to preach the car stops
and a large green umbrella Is unfurled,
Drums and flies then proclaim that the
army will hold a meeting.
The display OF foreign cars at the inter-
national show In Grand Central Palace,
New York, New Years week, is expected
to eclipse anything similar ever produced
in this country, as the show takes place
four weeks after the Paris exhibition, CIV
ing time for shipment of exhibits direct.
A well-made, severely tailored coat of
mohair is perhaps the best all-around
lightweight motor coat. 1t does not sound
so modish as pongee, and unless It is
smartly made II has no style. but II does
keep it's shape and trimness; It sheds the
dust; n is cool and II wears everlastingiyv
Atlantic City's motor club has scored a
signal victory by obtaining the capture, con-
viction and punishment OF Louis Hess, a
chauffeur. who took his employers ma
chine without permission for a Joy ride,
and smashed IT, Hess was fined 500 and
his license as chauffeur revoked for a
year.
According to the system OF establishing
a motor army reserve. proposed In Ger
many, any private owner or manufacturer
can obtain an annual grant OF about $50,
provided his car answers certain specifica-
lions and Is maintained for At least five
years in a state OF repair satisfactory 70
the authorities.
July 4 has been fixed as the date for the
start Of the double transcontinental endur-
ance contest being organised, and entries
Of four foreign and five American cars are
said to have been already received The
route will probably embrace Albany. Buf.
faio, Cleveland. Detroit. Chicago. Omaha.
Cheyenne, Sacramento and San Francisco.
one way, and Los Angeles, salt Lake City,
Denver. Kansas City, ST. Louis. Cincinnati,