Evening star., 1909-09-05

to blockade the highway. Every attempt
to pass the farmer was met by the horse
being driven across the road. This is the
first case of this kind to come before
Wisconsin court.
Clark Rosenthal of Baltimore arrived
last Monday in his Thomas 'G0' and will
spend the next two weeks in this city.
He came over the new Washington-Balti-
more boulevard
j. * Jones has returned to the city and
will shortly enjoy trips in his Columbia
electric. which has been put in excellent
condition during his absence.
Mrs. +. l.. Tharp, who has been a
motor enthusiast for some time past, has
purchased Baker electric car of the
latest design.
Miss S. c. Carpenter, who is one of
Washfn2tons expert drivers of the
gentier sex, has arrived in her Stoddard-
Dayton roadster from Mountain Lake
Park. Md, where she has been spendiny
the summer. She drove the car the en-
tire distance and despite the bad cond-
ton of the roads covered the trip in re-
markably fast time
r. }. Cartrlght has returned from trip
to Atlantic City and is spending his
leisure time in his Washington tourabout
During the past week Chalmers De
trot go touring car was delivered 10
William Hitz The car is fully equipped
for touring and will accommodate five
passengers.
A. S. Gardiner spent last Sunday at his
country place at Waldorf, Md. He made
the trip in his Ford roadster. via the river
road from Marshall Hall.
Benzol is being used more and more
extensively in England and Germany for
automobile motors instead OF gasoline.
This substance is an impure benzine, a
product o. coal distillation. containing 81
per cent benZine, II per cent tOluene and
/ per cent xylene.
DR.. w. W George who recently Joined
the touring ranks. has received a new
1910 Chalmers Detroit 90 tive-passen-
ger touring car, fully equipped
X X
G.. J. Loomis of Dayton Ohio, has just
completed 7,otD-mie trip in his Speed
well car that is remarkable for the ter
ritory covered and the number of times
the most rugged mountain systems in
the crossed laaS in
Dayton, the first 15s2 miles We're COW
cred in seven days. The trip lay north
to Toledo. Ohio. and east as far as Port
land. Me. The following states were
covered: Ohio. Pennsy yivania Massachu-
setts, New York, New Hampshire, Maine
Vermont. Rhode Island Connecticut
Maryland and West Virginia. There was
hill climbing sufficient to stall any but
the stanchest of cars. Twice the Berk-
shire mountains We're crossed, twice the
steep grades of the White mountains
were negotiated, twice the Orange noun
tainS We're overcome. three times the
Blue Ridge mountains We're conquered
and twice the Allegheny mountain region
covered. The Mast days trip from
Pittsburg, Pa, to DAYTON, 2GJ miles was
covered in twelve hours-excellent time
when the mountainous country that CON
stitutes the first part OF the route is
taken into consideration. More than
that. pouring rain dampened the mo-
toIlSt Ztdl from i'ltlSnlrg 10 w neellng,
w. Va. with intermittent rains for the
next fifty miles. The entire journey was
accomplished without the need of repairs
but Two stops being made on tie road
for tire troubles, and one of these was
not a puncture.
Detroit has become accustomed to
big achievements in the automobile in
dustry that it requires reai record
breaker nowadays TO startle her out of
her indifference. But automobile ship