Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

made via Louisa and Orange. the tourists
leaving Richmond at : o'clock the morn
Ing of May 8. arriving in Washington that
evening at s O'Clock. The distance to be
covered Is 17S miles. After being re-
ceived by President Taft the morning of
May the contestants will return to
Richmond. going by way of Leesburg and
Winchester and down the Shenandoah
valley. Friday night will be spent in
Harrisonburg. and the balance of the
Journey will be completed the following
day. The tourists are scheduled to arrive
in Richmond at o'clock Saturday even
ing, May Z.
Dr. T. L. Mcdonald has received his
new White gasoline car. which he recent
ly ordered. The car is equipped with
toy tonneau.
Enos y. Earnden, a prominent motor1st
of this city. left last Wednesday for
stay Of one month at Atlanta, Ga.
A "Wasflington'' toy tonneau car. I'm
ished IN wine color. striped with gold, was
delivered last week to DR.. NJ. D. Magee.
sounds which are not only disagreeable,
but make the car sound old and ride hard.
1t is because the individual leaves become
in time rusted and do not slide freely over
each other. 1nis condition may be easny
remedied by lacking up the car so that
the chassis will hang from me springs
and introducing fake graphite. One very
good way to introduce the graphite is to
mix it with thin oil, or even with kero-
sene. and then float the flakes of graph
lite in between the leaves of the springs.
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Experts of the road inquiry division of
the Department of Agriculture will make
extensive experiments during the coming
summer in an effort TO select materials
for road construction that will withstand
automobile traffic. A number of different
materials will be used by the experiment.
ers, and Logan Waller Page. director of
the highway division of the Department
of Agriculture. said in connection with
the tests: Probably the most interesting
work to take place this coming summer
will be number of experiments with
mixtures of Portland cement, concrete
and asphaltic base oils 1t has been
found that after adding the necessary wa
ter to the concrete Oil it can be mixed
perfectly with 1t at once, with the free
lime acting as an emulsifer. 1t is hoped,
and laboratory results indicate, that this
combination will give the high tensile and
comprehensive strength of the cement and
the great toughness and malleability of
the asphaltum or bitumen."
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One of the most enthusiastic motorists
of New York city. Mrs. Gurdon h. Wal
lace, made the trip to Washington last
week in her Stearns 1880 car. Notwith-
standing the heavy rains, Mrs. Wallace,
accompanied by her sister and a chauf-
feur. drove the car over the muddy roads
and made the trip in less than twenty
hours actual running time.
Mrs. Wallace was formerly Mrs. Flor
ence Conway, one of Washington's most
popular and attractive young matrons.
She is the wife of Gurdon H. Wallace, a
wealthy manufacturer of New York state.
Mr.. Wallace joined his wife yesterday at
the New Willard, TO remain few days,
and before returning to New York they
will tour the country in the vicinity OF
Washington.
The season for 10y riding is again at
hand. Motorists are warned to keep close
tab on their machines.
The first case to come to the attention
OF the police occurred last week, whep
unknown parties took the new battleship.
gray Cadillac '3O' touring car of Joseph
NJ. Sroddard of the Cook & Stoddard
Co. and after SPEEDING the machine over
night deserted 1t In the northwest sec
ton OF the city.
The car was taken from In front of the
Commercial Club on Lafayette Square
Wednesday night about $50 O'Clock 1t
was located by the police Thursday morn
ing on Corcoran street between nth and
18th streets northwest.
search was Immediately started when
ihe machine was discovered to be miss
ing and traced as far as the Rockville
road at Its intersection with Bradley
lang through the special anti-skid tires
with which 1t is equipped. With a view
to putting stop to this practice. Mr..
Stodcard has offered a reward Of $50 for
the arrest and conviction of the party or
parties who appropriated his machine
without his knowledge
A Studebaker electric victoria was de-
livered Friday to w. B. Hibbs of this
city.
EMF 30 touring cars were delivered
during the past week to II. c. yesterday
James Roots. ]. w. Febrey Fl. W. Van
,
are of the Ave passenger type and are
fully equipped.
Mrs. G. f. Creecy has received her new
Baker electric victoria. which she recent
ly ordered. The delivery was made Thurs
day.
The official pathfinder for the 1910 Gild.
den tour has passed the southernmost
point OF the route and is now on the
home stretch. The Chalmers "3O'' has
covered something over 1880 miles and
mas passed over the historical and pic
turesquare south into the new west
!! Thus far the pathfinder has traversed
more picturesque country than has ever
been the part OF any Glidden tour From
Cincinnati through to Memphis, travers-
ing Ohio. Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama
and Mississippi. the Glidden tour route
leads through the most typical south
CrosSinP the MfSSiSSiDDi river at Mann