Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17

portion Of rho way. Those in the party
included ]. A. Taylor. E. ]. Drake, T.
Browning Spence Joseph HI: Falconer,
captain Of the Automobile Club of Wash
iEs ION. and Harry Ward.
Hubert LeBlon, who drove Thomas in
the 1908 Vanderbilt cup race. running sec
ond to Tracy in the eliminating trial and
finishing eighth in the final. was knee
last Saturday, when an aeroplane in
which he was making flight dashed into
pile of rocks at San Sebastian, Spain.
G. Cassard Schroth, accompanied by a
PARTY of friends, motored to Baltimore
Wednesday in a Stearns 1880" over the
Baltimore Washington boulevard.
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j. A. Taylor of the Philadelphia branch
OF the Fisk Rubber Company was VS.
itor last week in this city. He has just
returned from an extended trip tohthe
eastern shore OF Maryland, where he
found large number of auto enthusiasts.
In one town Of $50 people he discovered
that there were tfirty-seven motor. cars
in daily use.
A committee from the Chicago Motor
Club. headed by President David Bee
croft, Secretary Harry T. Clinton and
former President T. c. Donald, will ar
rive in Washington some day this week
TO present to Representative James K.
Mann a petition signed by several thou
Sand Chicago motorists urging favorable
action at the earliest possible date upon
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Representative Mann is chairman OF the
interstate and foreign commerce commit
tee, which has charge Of this bill. His
congressional district Is In Chicago, ana
the members Of the Chicago Motor Club.
Chicago Automobile Club, the Chicago
Automobile Dealers Association and
other leading motorists, who have been
Ihoroushly aroused over the necessity of
having the bill brought before Congress
1.r action at the present session, nave
adopted this means to show their repre-
sentative how strongly they regard the
importance Of this bill.
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Purchasers Of Ford touring cars dur
ing the past week included the following:
DR.. E. W. Burch, Miss Laura e. McMul-
lin' Roger r. Smith s 81 r. P hy0di pr T.
kershner and e. L. Stock chesapeake
Supply Company.
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Special Agent John M. Turner furnishes
the following information concerning
Porto Rico as a market for automobiles:
1.-THE demand for automobiles in Porto
Rico has been in. excess Of the supply.
Agents have told me they had to wait
sometimes as long as three or four
months for their orders to be Allied.
There arc more than 1000 kilometers Of
splendid roads on the island, and an ap-
preparation has just been made by the
legislature to extend many uncompleted
roads ana Join ends Of these with COM
pleted ones, thus extending the mile
1.-THE incident Is cited Of large Aneri-
can Manufacturer of automobiles. finding
himself a little run down and needing
rest, taking q steamer for Porto Rico
and upon landing arranging with local
Hreryman for coach to take him around
the island. After he had gone a few
miles ana meeting half dozen automo-
biles, he had his coachman turn back paid
him to be released from his contract and
arranged with garage for machine
to take him on his journey. He said he
had no idea there were such roads or
such possibilities Of trade, and while here
he arranged an agency and actually dis
In all there are close to 800 automobiles
on the island, well divided among the diff
ferent makes. This year will see q mark
ed Increase in the number of machines
bought. a. the island Is very prosperous,