Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

Terry's Buick car The trip was via
Rockville, Gaithersburg and over the
new Laytonsville macadam road to
Ridgeville. returning the same way. at
dusk. With the exception Of slight tire
trouble the trip was without accident.
During the past week a Chalmers-De-
troit go" was delivered to H. V. San
ford. The car is of the roadster type
and is equipped in full for touring.
W. s. Friend and the members Of his
family spent last Sunday touring over
the roads to Ridgeville, Md, returning
in the afternoon after a stop for din
ner.
Charles F. Rupert OF this city took
a trip to Action, Va, Sunday last in
his Washington roadster.
The automobile board Of examiners Of
Topeka, Kan, considers it careless driv-
ing for a driver of an automobile to lie
back on the seat with feet on the dash
board while driving q car, or to turn, the
head toward the rear seat and engage In
conversation while the car is in motion.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. West, Miss
Cathartne West and Mrs. T. B. Spence
have returned from an extended outing
on the Muskoka lakes.
A decision awaited with interest by au-
tomohiIo y,,opufa cturors for sop,e time
past was rendered a few days ago in New
York by Judge Hough in the United States
circuit court in the famous suits under
the Selden patent on gasoline automo-
biles. The decision holds that the claims
Of the patent on which suit was brought
that the invention Of George B. Selden OF
Rochester, n. Y, is a pioneer invention
of very great merit, and that he is the
first in this art, and broadly CONSTITUTES
claim No 1, so that 1t covers all gasoline
automobiles The suit for infringement
Electric Vehicle Company and George B.
Seldom against the Ford Motor Company
and G. A. Duerr & Co. 0. j. Guide Com
pany, John Wanamaker, Societe Anonyme
des Anciens Eta blissenents, Panhard G.
Levassor and Andre Massenat and Henry
and A. c. Nebauer. Patent claims Nos
1, and 5, held by the plaintiffs, the
court holds to have been infringed by the
Ford machine, and claims 1 and 5 by the
Panhard.
Patent claim No. 1. which is re-
garded as the most important and of
which the Ford and Panhard machines are
held to be infringements, is as follows:
The combination with a road locomotive
provided with suitable running gear, in
Guiding propelling wheel and steering
mechanism. of a liquid hydrocarbon gas
engine of the compression type comprising
one or more power cylinders, suitable
liquid fuel receptacle. a power shaft con-
nected with and arranged to run faster
than the propelling wheel. an intermediate
clutch or disconnecting device and a. suit
ance of persons or goods, substantially
as described
Patent. claim No. 2. Of which it is held
that the Ford machine only Is an infringe
ment. varies from No. 1 only in requr-
ing the suitable carriage body" to be
located above the engine" The claim
numbered FIVE sets forth substantially the
same combination. but describes specifical-
ly the engine as comprising plurality Of
cylinders with "pistons arranged to act in
power shaft" The general allegation of
the compliments was that the three pat
ent claims held by them were infringed
by all the defendants.
Automobile licenses have been issued
since The Stars last report as follows:
Edward C. Thomas, 1926 New York ave-
nue., Ford touring car; Edward ]. Drake,
1893 18th street, Atlas runabout: Harry
J. Williams, 435 K street. Apperson tour
ing car: A. F. Ingersoll, Brooklyn. N Y,
Maxwell runabout.
Jesse H. Ramsburgh, the Portner,
Wayne touring car: Deborah A. Excl.