The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
Edited by WILLIAM ULLMAN.

fair to say, progressed faster than the
European. No other industry, in this
country of astonishing industrial achieve
ments, even has had any such spectacu-
lar growth or has made such startling
progress, as motor car building. Nor
has It by any means been a matter OF
SIM ply going on from the work of for
eign inventors. The American motor car
is In many respects a distinct creation
the unit power plant and three-point
support, for instance Oboth Duryea inven-
tions), have had their influence on the
continental designers. And almost from
the day Of the ''Duryea Wagon" Amer
ican cars have competed sharply with
the European ones in their own coun-
tries, till now there is an export busi-
ness which makes the foreign builders
decidedly uncomfortable.
There is a noticeable increase in the
number Of inquiries relative to touring
in Europe this season, and many Ameri-
can automobilIsts are planning to take
their cars abroad TO tour the continent
during the next few months
After serving fifty-three years in
wethersieId prison, Connecticut. under a
conviction Of second degree murder, John
Warren, seventy-four years old, was
pardoned and released Thursday (June
2O. Warren has never ridden on a troll
ley or steam train, although he kept
well informed of the march Of civiliZa-
ton and current events during his i'm
prisonment.
. As he walked out Of prison. the aged
convict was met by Warden Garner and
his first few hours Of freedom since
1859 were enjoyed in Warden Garner's
big Columbia Cavalier motor car.
warren's prison life left few traces
Of his half-century incarceration. His
figure is erect and plump. While his hair
is white, his face has been bronZed by
outdoor life and shows few wrinkles.
Four brothers OF almost the same age
are still living in the vicinity Of Eagle
vile, and his first trip from Wethers-
field was a visit to them.
Pardon came to Warren Unexpectedly,
From the civil war to 1909 numerous ef-
forts to obtain his release resulted in
failure, and he had about given up hope
when he was invited to take a ride
around Wethersfield in the Columbia car.
Warren says that he regrets that he
must return to the only form Of trans
portation which he had previously used
and he made plans to harness up an old
horse and drive out into the country
ito see how ii looks
c. n. Buckland. local agent for the
Pruden system of portable buildings, re-
ports the following sales during the past
week:
A portable garage to John NJ Grad
dock. Lynchburg, Va, and w. H. Pierce,
Of Washington. portable kitchen
building was also purchased by the As
sociated Charities to be placed near Ben
ming.
Mr. Buckland's advertisement in an
other column of this paper gives full
information concerning the portable build
ings for which he is the agent, and
should appeal to many owners Of autos
as well as persons going away for q
vacation.
That our little brothers across the wa
ter, both on the Continent and on the
tight little isle" have ideas that are
worthy Of Yankee consideration is proven
by the growing popularity of the gaso-
line-tank the-cowl-of-the-dish idea
The Argyll, Charron, Deasy, DeIage,
Rover. Lizaire, Eng
lish, Waverly, Clement-Bayard. English
Austin. Chenard- Walcker. Delaney
BeIleviIle, lie Gui, and other prominent
European cars have the new gasoline
system and various engineers Of other
foreign factories have announced their
intention Of using it.
The Henderson car carries a fourteen
gallon tank Immediately under the cOwl
OF the dash.
The advantages Of the new tank loca-
ton are obvious" said Chester S. Kicker,
designer of the Henderson The gasO-
line line is shortened very materially.
and is in complete sight when the bonnet
Is raised for its entire length. The CEN
angle is greater-in fact, it would
be impossible to find a grade so steep
that your gasoline would not flow into |
the carbureteT. With this tank location |
It is an easy and inexpensive matter to
have a gasoline gauge on the dash in
sight of the operator at all times"
To the tourist who has crawled under !
his car at night to search for a leak in |
mis- gasoline, or the unfortunate one who !