Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10

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| Joseph M. Stoddard left yesterday on q
trip to Buffalo. Cleveland and Detroit. re-
turning about the middle of this week.
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| The Bennett-Collins Company has leased
the property at the northeast corner Of
14th and streets northwest. which will
be occupied the latter part of this month.
as soon as alterations now in progress
are completed. Elegantly furnished sales
rooms will be fitted UP for the Staver-
Chicago line Of motor cars and CONNER
cial vehicles.
T. c. Sims left at noon yesterday over
the road for Philadelphia, where he ex-
poets to spend couple of days.
Mr.. and Mrs r. Z. Wilson are en- route
to Detroit, Mich, to visit the factory OF
the Hupp Motor Car Company; They
| will also make a brief stop at Mishawaka,
| Ind, to visit the factory OF the Simplex
Motor Car Company.
T. C. Dulin has purchased q Chalmers
| 40 touring car. with full equipment
The car was delivered last Wednesday.
| 1t is finished in blue. with cream run
| ming gear.
France leads the world as an exporter
of automobiles, with the United States
| second in rank Statistics compiled from
the official publications of the countries
named show that the exports Of vehicles
| of this class in the latest year for which
| details are at hand were: From France,
in 1908. $24,5G9.OOO; United States. In the
calendar year 1909, $s.6O7.351: United
| 1908, IS, 533,OOO and Germany, In 1908.
| s., OBJ 600.
The Automobile Club of Washington
| will be the scene of q housewarming and
| smoker Saturday evening, April III. at
| the clubhouse on Georgia avenue. The
affair is being arranged by the house
committee, Of which Lester D. Moore, jr.,
| is chairman.
F. " Stratton, manager of tie Phil
adelphia branch of the Studeba ger lines,
| accompanied by L. P. Dorset. local man
| ager, and W. b. Hibbs, enjoyed motor
trip in a Studebaker 40 to Leesburg.
| Va. last week. They selected the route
! via Fort Myer. Falls Church and Dranes-
| Vile and the old Alexandria Leesburg
turnpike. The roads were found IN de-
! plorable condition In some places. but.
considering this fact, exceptionally good
time was made on the trip.
C., r. Misner Of the Odds motor works
| was a recent visitor at the National
Capital. While here he was the guest
! OF Tayloe Pollock, the local distributor
| for this car.
| The suggestion has been offered that
| If a driver has neglected to carry emery
paper or file and the spark plugs need
| cleaning, substitute can be found in
! the igniting composition ON a box of
! safety matches. This can be used in the
same manner as the emery paper. and
| while not quite as good, will clean tine
| ends OF the plugs effectively.
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| S. Hazen Bond now is enjoying his 1910
| Pullman touring car. 1t is model o,
3O-horsepower car, finished in blue, with
straw running gear. Accompanied by
Theodore Barnes, jr., r. H. Van Nest and
Dr. NJ Crichton. he came over the road
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days ago. Mr.. Barnes piloted the party
to .nIs city, which was reached in ex-
| cellent time and without accident The
car is the first of its kind in this city.
! What are termed automobile freight
cars are being turned out SO rapidly by
| number of railroads that the end Of
| the time when the ordinary freight cars
| x-il1 no
hcles is believed to be near at hand
Col. F. l.. Denny, United States Marine
Corps, has placed his order for a Stude-
baker 40 touring car of the seven-pas-
senger type, for immediate delivery.
To stimulate touring by motor car from
| st. Louis into Missouri counties and ad-
jacent states E. Percy Noel, we'll known
| automobile writer and motor enthusiast,
inaugurated series of route-laying tours
last week, using his Moon roadster,
which has seen more than two years of
hard touring service. Louisiana, Mo-,
| was the objective of the first two-day
run, the distance each way being 101
miles. 1t was the first time that the
| route had been covered by car this year.
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The universal joints Of Garden shafts
do not, in many cases. receive the
amount Of attention due to them. The
chief point is to keep the joints well lu.
bricated and free from grit and dirt,
which is SO disastrous to their long life
and working. II not already pro-
vided. simple way Of accomplishing
both objects is to incase the joints in q
/ flexible covering fitted with grease.
Among recent purchasers of Studebake,
cars are William B. Hibbs and George c.
Howard, the former selecting an electric
victoria and the latter a model TIC, cleo.
trio landaulet.
Hesseck Brothers and Patterson Terrell
have purchased EMF 80 touring cars