Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

both tires were changed in a little less
than two minutes. 1t was a treat to see
this job.
| That the introduction of the automobile
into Turkey since the imperial trade per-
hitting motoring in the Ottoman empire
was issued, in the latter part of 1907,
| will result in active road building and in
| opening up a new field for the sale OF
American-made automobiles is the opin-
ion expressed by Consul General Ernest
l.. Harris of Smyrna in a report to the
bureau of manufactures. American auto
mobilists and motorcyclists are already
| evidencing a desire to tour by automobile
through European and Asiatic Turkey.
On the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus
there are long stretches of good ROADS
from Haidar Pacha to Moda. to Fanaraki
and Erenkeuy and along the Gulf of Is
| nit for about sixty miles. Consul Gen
eral Harris impresses the necessity of
| American manufacturers getting agents
at work.
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A motorist driving a big touring car
had bad breakdown in a desolate part
of Missouri the other day. He groveled
beneath the machine, and in an atmos-
phere of oil and gasoline attempted to
remedy the defect. After struggling and
| cursing for nearly an hour stranger
| Sauntered up with his hands in his peck
cts. Can l be of any assistance?" he
queried. with yawn The dust and grease
begrimed man slowly withdrew himself
and contemplated the stranger in silence.
| Then, rest raining his fury, he replied in
tones of positively freezing politeness
I'm nj CO M vii kindly hold
| the car up as high as you can for twenty
minutes I feel pretty sure l shall be able
| to put matters right
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin did
some strenuous work in the national cam
paign this fall and made as many as
twenty-five and thirty speeches in day
Early in the campaign he selected an au'
tomoble to cover the ground rapidly
He is an expert chauffeur himself and
thinks out his speeches while touring
from place to place. and has covered
more territory than any other campaign
speaker in Wisconsin.
Crisscrossing the North American con-
tinent in motor car, crossing each
country of any size in Europe, Asia ant
Africa in the same machine, and to be
the first man and woman to do it, is the
distinction and ambition of H. A. Hover
and wife Of Kennewick, Wash, who have
completed the greater part OF their Amer
lean undertaking. They started from Los
Angeles Cal. April II, and expect to re-
turn to their home in the summer of 1912
When they have completed their trll
they will have travelled fully 100000 mics
| In a motor car. They first went to the
Gulf of Lower California, dipped theil
| front wheels into he ocean; went NORTH
to Canada as far as the roads would adj
nit, and then started eastward to New
| York city From there they will sail TO
| Algeria, tour Egypt this winter and next
year begin upon the European countries
| They state they will cross each country
one way and several of the countries botl
ways. They have arranged their trip sc
that they can spend the summers in the
| northern part of the country and thu
| winters in the southern part. They hope
| to tour India one year from this winter
and on their way home will touch the
Philippines and Hawaiian Islands
Consul Charles A. Mccullough of st
Stephen, New Brunswick. reports that au
tomobiles for touring are admitted int
Canada under the following restrictions:
The tourist must deposit with the col
Iector of customs at the port of entry
certified check equal to IS per cent of thu
| value of the automobile and Its CONNER
| cial contents The value is made up bA
| the tourist This allows the value to bt
| made I'D and certified check obtained
before leaving home, thus avoiding delay
at the port of entry. Upon receipt of INT
check the collector gives the tourist Ger
| tificate When this certificate Is sur
| rapdorod tho check is returned.
| Should the tourist depart from Canads
| from a port other than that at which M
! entered he must have the stamp OF Gus
| toms authorities at port of exit afnxed u
his certiacate. and upon receipt of it by
! the collector at the port of entry the De
| posted check is mailed to the TOURIST
| 1The printed form for deposit on tourist
outfit is on file in the bureau Of manufac
| tures)
If the engine stops suddenly the electric
circuit may be disconnected. wire may
be broken under the insulation, there
NAV be trouble at the contact maker
| the trembler on the coil ma" be stuck,
| terminal may be loose in circuit, or 1t may
| be due to failure of the spark
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The King Of Siam Is motor enthusiast
and has several machines in the royal
garage at Bankok.
Green is the most popular color this
winter for motoring clothing, both fol
men and women.
The present production Of motor cars
in the United States has reached the
enormous total of $1,000 machines year
Plotting rabbits by moonlight from au,
tomobiIes is a new sport being INDUCED
in by hunters of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
An automobile truck is now being useo
with success by an Indianapolis milh
company to collect its supply from farm
erS.
According to Thomas A. Edison. the IA
nous inventor. electrically propelled mo-
tor cars will be the most in use within
a few years.
There will be 10000 square feet Of
space available for the seven departments
of exhibitors at the Boston show.
|
Az analysis Of the statistics of the Van
derbilt cup race shows that the percent
age of mishaps was much smaller than
in European races.
In addition to emptying the lubricatol
and washing with kerosene it is frequent
ly we'll to flush the sight feeds and oil
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