The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-14

The Munsey historic tour starts Tues
day morning. Philadelphia is filed with
famous automobile drivers. manufactur-
ers, and those who are interested In the
sporting side Of motordom The cars
that will participate In the tour are now
in the hands OF the technical committee
for preliminary inspection prior 10 the
start. The committee. composed Of Ret
cree z. L. Ferguson, Joseph Tracy. and
J. A. Hemstreet. is going over each car
IN detail. and as fast as each car is ex-
amined, the seals affixed 10 the bonnet,
coil box. transmission case, and various
other parts, it IS equipped with its tour
h7gs and other insignia, and is then in
readiness to be driven to the starting
line. With the sealing Of the cars every
thing is in READINGS FOR the tour.
I. N. Spence has started on a tour to
Maine. He is in a Pullman roadster.
Royce Hough has left the Buick Motor
Company.
The Maxwell-Briscoe washington Com
pany has sold to Dr. KilrOy and ]. o.
Messy Maxwell touring cars.
Albert Conway has opened an agency
for the Staver Chicago car.
A handsome loving cup. standing eight
cen inches high was won by a Regal
car in the all-COnnecticut reliability con-
test on May 10, 90 and 21 The contest
was over some six hundred miles Of roads
in Connecticut. under the auspices Of the
clubs OF Hartford.
The Carter Motor Car Corporation has
received an order from Detroit. Mich. FOR
ten carloads OF Washington cars. to be
delivered on specified dates The head
quarters and show roms will be in the
city of Detroit The agency covers the
entire State of Michigan.
DR.. John r. Sharp and family. in his
Washington car. Just returned from an
enjoyable trip through the Eastern states,
sojourning at Atlantic City on their re-
turn.
II. B. Bowen, in his Washington tour
Ing car. has just completed a three weeks
trip through New England.
Recently returned from an extensive
trip in South America, where he placed
agencies for his company, Secretary
George Vernon Rogers, Of the Mitchell
Lewis Motor Company OF Racine. Wis,
mingles tales of adventure. interesting
travel, business progress, and economic
research with stories of some impress
sions Of life in Buenos Ayres that reflect
he possibilities Of American invasions of
he land Of pampas and Andes.
Mr. Rogers languished three DAYS in a
Buenos Ayres jail before the ponderous
,achinery Of the court was put into mo-
ton in his case. for the terrible crime
If brushing a pedestrian with the fender
II an automobile he was driving.
"A great hubbub was caused by this
individual who was not injured
n any way" remarked Mr.. Rogers. and
found myself in custody. the finest
oOking policeman I have ever seen "a all
ny travels around the world making the
arrest. They are the Aruncal police
from Bolivia, tall. muscular. and i'm
oressive and of old Patagonian stock.
1T was an obvious attempt to hamper
| stranger and l naturally rebelled. The
sffort TO measure me under the Ber-
illon system was frustrated by my ar
Obeying the custom, pro-
luced 500 to hear the alleged injured
nan say he had lied 10 the police and
added $50 for court fees and was freed.
catching the first boat for Montevideo 1
vas much interested in the comment Of
fellow-raveler who observed that one