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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
FAMOUS DRIVERS
TO PILOT FLATS
Nazzaro, Who Heads Italian
Coterie, Has Long String
of Victories.

Felice Nazzaro, Louis Wagner. and
Ralph De Palma. the trio Of drivers
selected to handle Fiat cars In the grand
prize race OF the Automobile Club OF
America at Savannah, Ga. on Thanks
giving Lay, present a stellar array Of
strength and cleverness.
In the 1895 Gordon Bennett race Naz-
FARO finished second. A year later he
won the same position in the two-day
grand prix, which replaced the Gordon
Bennett
Last year Nazzaro made a clean sweep
OF al the big European events. win
ming in succession the Targa FIorio
on the Island Of Sicily; the Kaiser
Cup over the Taurus course in Ger
many, and the second grand prix on the
Dieppe circuit in France In the lat
ter the Fiat averaged seventy-one miles
an hour. which seemed an incredible
performance. This great record Of speed
held until beaten by Nazzaro himself IN
the Florio Cup race OF September, this
year. IN which the victorious Fiat made
the startling average OF seventy-four
and c14e-quarter miles an hour-a worii's
record which promises 10 stand for
many days.
Wagner figured as the brilliant win
ner OF the last Vanderbilt Cup race.
and In recent events has shown great
accumen and judgment,
De Palma IS the Brooklyn man who
has driven the Fiat Cyclone In It's re-
cent record-breaking performances. y IN
which were created new worlds circular
track records Of 81 seconds for the
mile and minutes % seconds for five
miles.
The Savannah grand prize course is
lightning fast. and over It Nazzaro
promises TO eclipse all American rec
ords and perhaps those Of Europe as
well
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
LOW-PRICED AUTOS
ARE GOOD SELLERS
Nearly All Maxwell Junior" Out
put Has Already Been
Bought Up.

The field OF the moderate-priced car
is the most promising, according to the
statement of Benjamin Briscoe, presi-
dent Of the MaxWeI-Briscoe Motor
Company
Fully three-fourths OF the entire num-
Der OF Maxwell Juniors have already
been contracted fer. Neither the Max
Wen dealers nor individual purchasers
Of the car have as yet been able To in
spect the new Maxwell $500 model. the
only glimpse afforded the public was an
exhibition Of the car at the coD1pa-, -
parking space during tie recent motor
parkway races.
Mr.. Briscoe attributes the ready sale
Of this model TO the fact that in is Ia
all details, a repetition of the well-
known Maxwell Iwo-cylinder constr1lc-
ton, which has found such favor and
praise among the 10000 users of that
style Of car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
ATTRIBUTES WIN
TO THE DRIVING
Consistent Running Beats Out Cars
That Make Occasional Bursts
of Speed.

PHILADELPHIA, oct T7.-Consistent
running similar 10 that which landed
the Acme car In third place at the
Spring races at Savannah, again proved
the right medicine at a recent race in
Philadelphia.
Cyrus Patschke, driving the Acme
sextuplet, took second place without the
least trouble by the same tactics The
car was much faster than il showed IN
the times made for each lap. but
Patschke was under orders 10 drive 10
finish and at no time did he exceed his
orders. He was told 10 drive as near
ten minutes 70 the lap as possible, and
the record shows that MS fastest lap
was eli and his slOWest 1875. with the
exception OF the eighteenth. when he
stopped for gasOlene and oil. How near
Patschke drove 10 orders IS shown BY
the fact that his total time was
3:54:55. at an average OF 10-minutes
z seconds. A number OF the eOmpet-
ing cars wore themselves out making
the curves and turns Of the Fairmodnt
Park roads at speed, but the careful
driving Of Patschke avoided the pit
falls F. H. Dearborn, who rode as
mechanician in the Acme car, said the
course was the most tortuous he had
ever seen.
We had 10 shut OF dozens OF times
in each lap" said Dearborn, and
Patschke took no chances whatever.
We let a number OF cars go by US,
knowing that they were running faster
than the roads would allow. Later We
saw most OF these cars by the roadside
and some Of them were wrecks"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

vide a variable speed FRACTIONAL trans
mission device which viii reduce the
loss Of power to a minimum for fric-
tionaI transmItters. which Will be free
from the disadvantage Of The devices
hitherto known. and which will permit
the employment OF large FRACTIONAL
members in the restricted space Of the
usual automobile.
Eliminates Cogs-
by my device, bands levers, and cogs
are eliminated TO a great extent. giving
the obvious advantage OF simplicity.
This saves the cost Of maintenance. be-
10 replace. There is an immense saw
ing IN power. The use OF oil is reduced
20 q minimum. and total disability Is
practically impossible
Perhaps the most striking OF all the
characteristics OF the device is the OPP
portunity Il affords for any variation
OF speed. instead OF limiting the rate
20 three or four gears"
Mr.. Baird has not yet made any ar
engagements for the manufacture Of his
product. The device Is so designed that
II may be used on any standard make.
The invention has created wide COM
ment among dealers and autOists in this
c.ty. II is recognized that II Mr.. Baird S
invention is practicable il will mark a
new epoch In auto making.
Mr.. Baird will probably assemble a
car in ne near future on his own ac-
count, 10 give demonstrations Of the
appliance. He left Washington yester-
day for his home in Kansas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
Current Gossip and Timely Comment
Of ActiOHy Among the Auoists
Here and All Over Foreign Field

The emission OF smoke By motor We
hicles In London has finally been taken
up by the motor clubs.
An extended trip through Virginia IS
being made IN a large touring car by
Miss Helen Gould and two friends.
The space for the American Motor
Car Manufacturers Association show in
New York was oversubscribed 20 per
cent.
Although Cardinal Gibbons does not
own an automobile. he is great lover
Of motoring as be finds it extremely
exhilarating.
Three automobiles have been lost
within a year by Frank p. Moshier. OF
Greenwich, Conn. each being burned as
the result Of an accident
The site IN London for the new $780,
coo building Of the Royal Automobile
Club has been cleared so that construc-
ton may soon be started.
It was Prince SoIms. the president OF
the Austrian Automobile Club. who Sc
Iected the car for Emperor Francis Jo-
SET. the automobile costing $l1,5oA
The Automobile Club OF Maryland has
been placed in new hands. through the
recent election. and il is believed more
life Will be infused into it,
The Society Of Motor Manufacturers
and Traders has fixed its London show
for the eight days, starting November
Is. over 500 firms having already enter
ed.
A SPECIAL invalid motor car is used for
Transporting the notorious Prince Eu-
lenburg of Germany, from place TO
place, as he can travel in comfort no
other way
King Edward crossed the famous
Granular Hills. IN Scotland. from Bal
moral 70 Blair, goowrie. in an automTo-
bile, climbing 200 feet. and travelling
forty-four miles in less than two hours.
Apparently angered by the fact that
Charles J. GHdden dared take an auto
mobile into the Holy Land, one Of the
American Presbyterian publications re-
fers TO him as an American nabOb.'
There are signs in England OF the
near approach of q complete reOrg6ni-
ZafiOn of the principal motoring CLUBS
with a view TO greater efficiency in be-
half of the ordinary user OF the auto
mobile.
Thirty-one vehicles were entered for
the annual competition Of the Com
merCial Motor Users .ssociation in
London. sixteen prizes being awarded
for various work done during the year
as we'll as for appearance.
John A Bright, one of the best
known members of the British parlia-
ment, recently had an unfortunate ac-
cident when motoring. his car run
ming down and 'illng a cyClist who
was on the wrOL5 side Of the road.
King Alfonso. while IN Paris recent
", took a boyish delight IN outwitting
the newspapermen who tried to follow
his automobile and being a king was
not forced to respect speed laws in
getting away from his pursuers.
In the days when Duray was just an
ordinary driver he had some Of the
racing instinct in him for he never
turned aside for an obstacle, but even
though ii might ruin an expensive tour
ing car, took It directly over whatever
vas in the way.
The Automobile Owners Protective
Association of Lenox. Mass. had a very
successful hill-climbing competition for
its fall meet, the grade OF Church Hill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

: agency the first part of the week.
The new Wayne Is claimed by its
makers to be type of the modern
| touring car
The Wayne agency reports the sale
of a Wayne 80 touring car TO Harry
~, Mattern, local building contractor.
Albert 3. Gunther. p Well-knoWn race
horse man, stopped at the Central Gar
age last week. Mr.. Guutaer, driving a
Ju-llOTsepOWer Rainier. has been touring
the North during the past six weeks
Congressman Hale left the Central
Garage on Wednesday IN hls siX-cylin-
der Stevens-Duryea for Cleveland. Ohio,
and other cities Of the West Mr.. Hale
VIII return 70 the city about Novem-
Der J.
Jack Conway has returned from
GrCcnSbOrough, pa, where he spent the
past summer, and Is storing his Peerless
At the Central Garage
z. v Hale. Of Rochester. n. Y. passed
through this city Tuesday. Mr. Hale IS
touring the New England States
John II Nolan made a day ryn 10
Frederick on Thursday in his MaJheson
car.
L. Sargent, accompanied by T. 3.
Sargent, made run 10 Baltimore last
week in a Ford car, According 10 the
tourists the trip was made I'm the eN-
Cellent time Of five hours on good roads
and under superb weather conditions.
The building occupied by the Central
Garage Is being thoroughly overlap led.
A new electric lighting system is being
installed and more space is being added
TO satisfy the demand for store room.
Postmaster General George Won l..
Meyer has returned TO the city for the
winter and is storing his Rochet-
/ Schneider touring car at the Cook *
Stoddard Garage
The Dorset Garage. situated at
Seventeenth and L streets. has recently
been enlarged and thoroughly overhaul
ed. a second story has been added
10 the building 10 be used as a paint
and repair shop. The entire interior
has been freshly painted and presents
an extremely neat appearance
The Dupont Garage expects a ship
ment Of 1909 Columbia touring cars from
the factory at Hartford, Conn, the
early part OF the coming week
Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, who has been
( absent from the city since the early
part OF the summer has returned, and
/ IS storing her Mark IS Electric at the
Dupont Garage.
Lieut. II. H. Ward is storing his 4
cylinder Stevens-Duryea car at the
| Dupont Garage
George F. BealI made a day run 70
Baltimore last week riding a Thor mo-
tOrCyCle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
A CANOE
FROM BALTIMORE
Maryland Adventurer Stops in
Washington o. 20
New Orleans.

John Becker, Of Baltimore. long dis
lance canoe paddler and the man who
just recently left Baltimore on trip
by canoe 10 New Orleans, was IN Wash
ington yesterday with his suit case and
a choice bundle Of yarns gathered BY
the riverside.
Becker left the Monumental City last
Sunday. coming across the bay and up
tie Potomac in a little over five days;
and but for encOuntering rough weather
would have made the trip in at least a
days less time, The trip as planned
Ly the paddler goes from here UP the
canal TO Cumberland. then to the Ohio
river, and into the Mississippi Becker
expects 10 make the trip in forty days.
This is not the first expedition Of this
kind that Becker has made, q trip from
Key West TO Havana In small sailing
snack was the feat successfully tried
before the start of the present venture.
He is a small heavy built man and is
exceedingly enthusiastic over his
scheme
THE navigator VIII remain In this city
over night, taking leave about ? O'Clock
this afternoon on his course or the can
al
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

! where the race was run varying from
$40 10 125. giving the cars good, stin
pull all the way.
Two motor wagons are wanted for
the Kansas City fire department.
It viii be January 1 before Clepe-
land gets its promised ta1icabs.
The biz automobile show at Boston
has been set for March as usual.
The best definition OF inconsiderate
driving is-what the other fellow does.
Motor vans are now employed at nifty
places In England for transporting mail.
Fire Chief Horton. Of Baltimore, is
clamorinG for an auto wagon for MS
depaTtm ent
It is predicted that there VIII be
many changes next year in the con-
tinental racing teams.
Members Of the Motor Car Drivers
Protective Association in London pay 10
cents a day insurance.
italian manufacturers find such a lack
Of racing drivers in their own coun-
secure them for the 1903 races.
With the opening of a large new sec
ton Of the Massachusetts Homeopathic
Hospital near Boston. there was added
10 the equipment q fine motor ambu-
| lance.
By the aid OF an automobile which
was used IN the pursuit, three escaped
military prisoners at Fort Adams, New
port, r. l., were captured within an
hour
II IS proposed to place a tax of $3.50
on all who erect grandstands or charge
admission 70 see the automobile races
at Savannah on Thanksgiving Day
Automobiles took nearly 100 elderly
persons 10 the Fourth Church Of Hart
ford. Conn, for a special service, the
ride being the first one behind a motor
for most Of them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
MAY BREAK
WITH AMATEUR BODY
Breach Likely TO Be Widened Be-
tween A. A. u. and Military
League.

NEW YORK, Oct PA serious
breach in athletic affairs OF this dis
trict between the Amateur Athletic
Union and the Military Athletic Leagua
Is imminent.
The soldiers. at least a few Of tham
connected with the league, want the
armOry floors TestTtCted-that is, they
want to bar out athletic clubs and mem
bers OF the Young Mems Christian As
sociations from holding games on them.
II such a thing should occur, and
from present appearances IL will. the
alliance between the A. A. Z. and the
Military League will be severed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

mammoth sightseeing cars last week,
and visited several OF the bridges in
this vicinity,
CIaud Z. Miller, local agent for the
Ford, and Comptroller TracewelI. OF the
Treasury Department, have returned
from an interesting tour through the
North. Excellent weather conditions
and good roads contributed largely 20
the enjoyment or the trip.
T. B. Spence, representative OF the
Pope Auto Company of this city. has
returned from the Hartford factory. at
Hartford, Conn, where he made ar
engagements for the shipment OF the 1903
model Hartford car. The many persons
interested in the car viii be glad TO
learn that the factory has promised d
shipment by November !,
Robert Callahan, jr., made a day run
to Frederick. Nd, in his Horsepower
Thomas on last Thursday.
T. 3. Spence and Elliot P. Hough,
both Of the Pope Auto Company. left
on Friday for New York where they
witnessed the Vanderbilt Cup races.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Barnard. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy II, Barnard made a dav run TO
Frederick, Nd, last week in a 35-
horsepower PenhRrd.
Edward II. Duff left the city on
Thursday IN his Franklin touring car
for New York to witness the Wander
btit Cup races.
The management Of the Dorsett
Garage has completed arrangements
for a local agency for the Stoddard-
Dayton car. The demonstration car
IS expected at the garage within the
next thirty days.
The new truck ordered by the Water
Department of the District from the
Cook & StOddard Company was deIiv-
cred to the department last week.
George =. Smith, representing the
Reading-St Company, was In the
city on Tuesday and stopped at the
local agency 70 arrange for the ship
ment OF the new 1903 model motor
cycle Mr.. Smith announced many
radical changes In the makeup OF the
new model. Some notable changes
are: A 55h-inch instead of . 51-fnch
wheel base; belt as well as a chain
drive; larger gasOlene tank and an
upright engine.
T. \. Mudd reports the sale OF Il Read
ing standard motorcycle 10 Charles +
Cooerth' or S14 Fourteenth street.
A large shipment of the 1909 q. NJ F.
touring car Is expected at the Wayne
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
MANGOLD ACCEPTS
OENNELLPS Def
Indian Rider Will Comply With
Terms of Challenge on
Any Track.
Auto Editor Times

llULl1 L7LILUI IIIUea-
= IL accept Mr.. GennellFs challenge
which appeared IN last Sundays Times,
and wish 10 say that at any time he Is
ready 10 race on a half-mile track bank
ed forty-fve degrees. will be delighted
10 ride with him. II he does not de-
sire TO meet me On track of this char
acter 1 Will run the race of on mile
track on straight away course for a
distance OF not less than five miles.
UP TO the present time I have beaten
Mr.. Cennell four times on my Indian,
and am perfectly willing TO give him
another chance
NJ Z. AIANGOL.D.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

Steam cars were barred from all the
regular events at the Fort George hiii
climb near New York, though there
was one special class that gave them a
small chance for glory.
The automobile engineering course of
the Y. NJ c. A. at Troy, n. Y, has been
scheduled TO start January o. ending
in time for the class members TO do
0utdoor work in the spring.
The winning car in the Isle OF Man
four-inch race ran so consistently that
il did not vary three minutes in time
on any of tie six long laps that made
up the 337-mile course.
Governor Floyd of New Hampshire
proposes three parallel trunk lines OF
highway running north and south across
the state 10 provide good means OF
reaching every portion Of its mountains
All members of the United CONNER
ciai Travellers who hail from Savannah
have pledged themselves to carry a
gripful of boost matter for the Thanks
giving races and distribute it far and
wide.
The commissioners OF Aiken county,
s. c. are working for the immediate
construction Of a nineteen-mile stretch
of the finest road between Aiken and
North Augusta for the winter touring
motorists.
Toll receipts for the new motor park
way on Long Island on the first dav it
was opened TO public use were close to
81 900, the rate being 81 a day, and every
day since there has been a good number
trying out the speed possibilities OF The
new course.
The motor fire engine has reached the
stage In England that has brought
about talk OF a competition for If next
year, each company, in its own CITY on
certain day being required to go
70 The one doing the best.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
NeqUsy Pickups and Spicy GLeanings
Of Trips, Sales, and Auto Progress
Garnered From Washington Garages

The association Of bridge builders in
convention in this city. hired several
mammoth sightseeing cars last week,
and visited several OF the bridges in
this vicinity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

agency the first part of the week.
The new Wayne is claimed by its
makers to be type of the modern
touring car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25
MOTOR TOPICS.

Steam cars were barred from all the
regular events at the Fort George htii
climb near New York, though there
was one special class that gave them a
small chance for glory,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

II IS proposed TO place tax of $3.50
on all who erect grandstands or charge
| admission 70 see the automobile races
at Savannah on Thanksgiving Day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

BY the aid OF an automobile which
was used IN the pursuit, three escaped
military prisoners at Fort Adams, New
port, r. l., were captured within an
hour
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

National Rational Garage. 1888 I4th ST.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

Automobiles took nearly 100 elderly
persons TO the Fourth Church OF Hart
ford. Conn, for a special service, the
ride being the first one behind a motor
fCI' most of them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

The winning car in the Isle OF Man
four-inch race ran so consistently that
il did not vary three minutes in time
on any Of tie six long laps that made
up the 337-mile course.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

The automobile engineering course of
the Y NJ. G. A. at Troy, n. Y, has been
scheduled TO start January 8, ending
in time for the class members to do
estdoor work in the spring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

with the opening of a large new sec
ton Of the Massachusetts Homeopathic
Hospital near Boston. there was added
! 10 the equipment a fine motor ambu-
lance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

A SPECIAL invalid motor car is used for
| Transporting the notorious Prince Eu-
| Ienburg of Germany, from place to
place, as he can travel in comfort no
/ other wa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

Governor Floyd of New Hampshire
proposes three parallel trunk lines OF
highway running north and south across
the state TO provide good means OF
every portion Of its mountains
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

Overland Dewey Garage. 1919 L st. nv.
Tel. NJ 1859
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

The Wayne agency reports the sale
of a Wayne 80 touring car TO Harry
j, Mattern, a local building contractor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

The Society of Motor Manufacturers
and Traders has fixed its London show
I for the eight days, starting November
/ Is, over 500 firms having already enter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-25

The emission OF smoke by motor We
hicIes In London has finally been taken
up by the motor clubs.
The newspaper., 1908-07-03
An Attempt to Russanize America by Clifford Pinchot
and His Coadjutors

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The newspaper., 1908-07-03
Diseases Barriers to Full Work

Slack work and inefficient industry
come in more cases from chronic dis
ease than most realize. Incipient con.
sumption keeps many from full work.
There are in this city at least 10000
adults doing part work because Of tu-
berculosis. Taking the various chronic
and preventable diseases and there
are some $4,000 adults in a city Of the
size OF Philadelphia whose work is
poor from lack of health. This is prof
liable neither to employed. employer
nor the community, says the Philadel-
phia Press. When the sleeping sick
ness has left Africa, malarial fever
wiped out by destroying mosquitoes in
the tropics, sprue and other intestinal
maladies In east tropical Asia. the
hookworm in the south and elsewhere
and consumption over all zones, tenn
perate and torrid. the industrial eff
cheney of man will be increased over
the world on a scale which will ad-
vance both comfort and wages, the
standard of life and the return OF
capital.