Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

When Senior Corea of Nicaragua leaves
Washington for his Central American
home after a long diplomatic career in
the Capital city. Washington will lose a
devotee of the motor car. Although
Senior Corea has never driven a machine
h. has never missed opportunity of en-
Jcying ride in a car. Some months ago
his young brOther-in-law, Robert Flem-
ing. bought a runabout and the diplomat
his companion on many runs here
ahouts. Nine. Corea. who was formerly
Miss India Bell Fleming, is also an en-
thusiast of the "chug-chug car
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania spent
several months abroad the past summer
and much of the country about the Scot
tish lakes was visited by the keystone
senator in big car. Then came an acct
dent to the machine and the Pennsylvania
statesman speedily left his car for other
modes OF travelling.
Logan WalIar Page. director Of the
work for good roads IN the Department
of Agriculture, has been putting in some
telling blows for better roads in the past
few months. Recently he left for Eu-
rope to attend the international cOnven-
ton, TO be held in Paris in October, and
will doubtless gain much information that
will aid him in his work in this country.
Smoke at the open end of a cylinder in
dicates that there is a sand-hole in the
piston that there are leaky rings that
the lubricating oil in the cylinder is de-
composed by the heat Black smoke at
the end OF the exhaust pipe means an
oversupply of fuel and white smoke sur
plus of lubricating oil in the cylinder.
Seventy-tive cars are expected to enter
the Motor Parkway Sweepstakes. which
no
October 10. Cars of every class. selling
from $1,000 up, are eligible. The larger
ones will make ten laps, 30 miles. and
the smaller ones from four to eight laps,
according to their selling price.
Present indications are that the Van
derbilt cup race. scheduled for October
-. on Long Island. will have a prepon-
derance of American participants with
the foreign element secondary in import
ance. The Long Island railroad has
made preparation to lay side tracks from
tie Hampstead branch into the back of
the grandStand to insure convenient Serv-
ice.
The first automobile police patrol used
in the United States, that of Akron Ohio.
i offered for sale because of the pur-
chase of a new and more modern machine
II was built by the city electrician In
1897 and has been in service ever since.
In the riot of 1900 it wrecked and
elas since carried many hundreds of I'M
happy prisoners TO the Gala boosc.
Gov Fort of New Jersey has taken an
advanced stand in favor Of more just au-
tbmOtriie. legislation in the eastern states
He proposes that the governors of New
York. Pennsylvania. Delaware and Mary
land appoint commissioners to meet com
missioners appointed by himself TO dis
CUSs the whole question of automobile
Ike m dat ne
for uniform laws.
The Savannah Automobile Club has is
sued call for a convention of repre-
sentatives ot all the automobile clubs in
this country at Savannah. November -
and 26. to discuss the formation of a new
national organization of motoring clubs.
il Is expected that this move may further
CompliCat" matters in the controversy
waglng between the Automobile Club of
America and the American Automobile
Association.
Minnesota motorists are facing a hard
fight in the legislature for the revision
of automobile avs. there being a general
demand for the re-CStabliS hmcnt of the
system ot state registration abandoned
TWO years ago As offset the Min
raapoliS club proposes 10 exempt automo-
hileS from taxation under personal prop
cry assessments. and TO levy a state fee
q from s. TO So. based on the weight
ana power OF the car.
John WaHamaker. jr., grandson of the
Philadelphia merchant. has caught the
motor racing fever. and is entering his
cars IN eastern contests, running them
himself.
The first national assembly of the Amer
lean Motor League will meet at New
York this FalL Delegates will be ap-
pointed 10 this assembly from thirty
seven states.
Prince Henry of Prussia has agreed to
wind UP next years race in South Ger
many and 10 hold the speed trial on
the flat in FOrstenreid Rark, near Mu-
mich.
The Automobile Club Of Hartford
Conn, has decided TO make use of Avon
mountain FOR its hill climb. November :.
II Is one OF the hardest climbs in the
state.
An excellent solder for aluminium can
b" made with the following ingredients:
Tin, - parts: cadmium. 10 parts; zinc In
parts. lead. ! part. Immense the parts
10 he so.dered in solution of hydro
suiphite OF soda for about an hour be-
fore soldering.
The Automobile Club of San Fran
cisco proposes TO continus signboarding
roads leading out of the city until they
meet with the signs erected by the Auto
mobile Club of Southern California af-
fording tourists continuous series of
guide posts.
Because OF conflict with the Chicago