Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
have organized and begun the manuiac
ture of similar models.


The Court Of Appeals Of the District or
Columbia has affirmed the judgment OF
the Police Court in the case or LIE Roy
Mark, who some months ago supmltteo u
arrest in order to test the validity Oh tne
automobile wheel tax. The law provinces
that an annual wheel tax shall be LEVIED
on all automobiles or other motor We
hicles in the District having seats Tor
only two persons the sum OF So, ana on
all such vehicles having seats 1or more re-
that two persons addltlonai TAX Oh %
| for each additional seat.
Mr.. Mark contended that he pays a
personal property tax on his macmne
and Congress should not require him to
out that Congress may not only do this,
but it may repeat or increase either or
both forms of taxation limited only to a
| reasonable figure.
Sales and deliveries of Maxwell Mes
sengers were reported yesterday to DR..
William T. Gill and DIR. A. w. Valentine;
| Maxwell Mercury to E, l. Myers
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E. H Neumeyer. jr., yesterday &C
| cepted the delivery Of his third Columbia
| four-passenger touring car. finished In
nickel and painted in noisette, striking
| shade.
A Studebaker electric victoria was de-
| livered' Friday to Mrs. E. Rust Smith.
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Mr.. and Mrs S. L. Bickford and son
and r. @. McLane will leave Wednesday
morning in Mr.. Bickfords Hudson touring
Boston, where they will remain until
after the Christmas holidays.
H. H. Coburn Of Detroit has Joined the
sales staff of Earle & Allen in handling
| the Hupp- Yeats electric and r. c. II. gas
| cars.
| ". s. Keller, recently connected with
| the Chalmers Motor Company in the
west, has Joined the selling organization
| Of the Zell Motor Car Company in this
city.
Sales of 1912 Washington cars during
| the past week have been reported as fol
lows: Francis A. Blundon. G. J. Cole and
J. E. Shoemaker, seven-passenger touring
| cars: John Inwire and T. B. Long, five
passenger touring cars; c. T. Smith. four
passenger touring car; John Henry Petty.
| roadster.
| 1912 Chalmers ''36 touring car was
delivered yesterday to James M. John
| ston.
/ The twelfth national automobile show
| in Madison Square Garden, January $40,
| Will display WIueI variety III lhe ue-
signs Of automobile bodies than ever be-
fore, and the buying public undoubtedly
| will study body designs with unusual in
| terest. The result of these conditions
will be a greater buying and a steady
expansion of the automobile into lines
and uses to which 1t had not heretofore
been applied.
| Ford delivery wagons were delivered
during the past week to Woodward and
Lothrop, George. E. Altemus. John NJ.
fore-door touring cars to John H. Rel l.,
Diller F. Croft and l.. F.. Zinkhan; tor
pedo runabout T. II. Lippitt; touring car
A. Williams. The sale of a Ford torpedo
runabout to Franklin Weems was also
announced.
When the mercury is at the freeZi- g
point the motor should not be left dea .
with the water in 1T. While there may
be sufficient heat in the circulating SyS-
tenn to prevent immediate freezing. it is
this is lost, due to the great radiation
area. Probably the radiator is the most
sensitive Here the water is purposely
spread out into thin sheets in order to
obtain the proper cooling of the water
under normal conditions Of temperature
However in zero weather the danger of
freezing is much increased by having
a large radiation area exposed. 1t is
necessary. therefore. in zero weather to
use an anti freezing solution II the motor
is to be exposed to the cold when not
running.
The writer is in receipt Of two routes.
showing the direction and mileage for
motorists who desire to escape the bad
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