Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

motor cars were furnished by the Chicago
Automobile club for the use of delegates
TO the Deep waterways convention, held
recently in the Windy City.
A reliability contest. with Minneapolis as
the objective point, is being planned by the
Milwaukee Automobile Trade association.
The contest will be pulled off late this
month or early in November.
Motor hesrses will be exclusively used
al funerals within three years, according
to a prophesy made by a delegate to the
annual convention OF Wisconsin undertake
ers recently held at Eau Claire.
The Society of Automobile Engineers has
established an information bureau for the
mutual benefit Of members seeking posi-
tons and of the manufacturers in need OF
additions TO their technical staffs.
ember of the leading automobile CLUBS
OF Illinois are making preparations to re-
new the campaign in favor OF good roads
throughout the state. A good roads bill
IS to be introduced providing for convict
labor.
The Pennsylvania state tags
for 1903 will be white with black letters.
instead of yellow with black letters as now
In Use. This year the sale OF
license tags was almost 1900, yielding over
$4,000.
The Austrian Chamber Of Commerce has
just published the statistics for the first
six months OF 1908, which. show a general
improvement. both IN the import and ex-
port trade. the former being especially on
the increase.
The Kalserliche Automobile club and the
clubs OF Austria, Hungary and
Bavaria have decided that the start OF
the Prince Henry Gun race of 1909 shall
take place at the Champ-de-Mars of Tenn
pelholf at Berlin.
The three-day endurance run planned by
the Detroit Automobile Dealers association
for November G and : promises TO be one OF
the most difficult contests of its kind IA
this country. Several valuable trophies
have been offered,
MI 4. ~,
81. $50 motorcycles registered in England
ana Wales, making a total Of l44,IO2 in all
Three years ago the number Of motor
cycles Was greater than that OF the cars,
being 1856 to Ss,3,S.
II is stated that Emperor Wilhelm. OF
Germany. will patent his invention OF an
axle brake Tor motor cars as soon as tests
prove IFS practlcability. He WAS led Ia
invent the brake as the result Of an acct
dent to an elevated railroad train.
Lautenschlaser, The winner OF the Grand
PrlN, Is a very clever and resOurCeful en-
gineer. lie supervised the building Of his
car and tuned IL up very carefully foi
months before the race, 80 that he knew
its maximum powers 10 the greatest nicely
Colonel Brainsrd will have charge OF a
test Of automobiles for military purposes
that is TO be made during the maneuvers
o. the regular army at Atascadero. SsT
Luis Obispo county. Cal The officials OF
the War department are much interested
in the experiment.
Competing drivers IN the SIKH annua.
tour OF the Automobile Club of Philadelphia
for the Brazier cur, on October 81, will bC
required 10 observe a time schedule thai
viii be arranged so that the cars need mol
he driven in violation OF the speed limits
during the event,
Henri Fourier, who inaugurated higf
speed spTinting in this country on the
Coney Island boulevard by setting up an
initial worlds mile record ~ 5ltS seconds
and won the Psris-to-Berlin race. will be
among he foreign drivers In the Savannah
grand prize race.
Acid can he prevented from leaking out
OF the vents OF accumulators by variou,
forms Of valve vents and by care in prop
erly fixing the aCcumulatoT i'm the car
The acid can also be made unspillable by
p making ii into a jelly with silicate OF soda
but this reduces the capacity in time.
Before attempting to paint rims II is frs
Important 10 very thoroughly scrape ant
scour all the rust away. especially in IN,
sorners OF the rained flanges where th'
beading of the cover Is ensconced when TN
tire Is In position. Two coats Of good blacl
Vsrnish should then be given.
Cortlzndt Field Bishop. president Of N.
Aero Club OF America. he suffering from
J meningitis in a French sanitarium III
condition. is attributed 70 the strain on hi
nerves caused by constant dashins ahou
J in motor car in which he was Amos
constantly occupied while not asleep,
Chicago is 10 have a reliability coutes
on novel lines. Il Is 10 be confined cNClu
slvslN ta drivers who are either owner
1 % the cars or a member VI the immediate