Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28

the first event of the day-soing up the
| open TO cars of less than go cubic inches
| piston displacement Even in the free
I for-all it acquitted itself well, finishing
third to two cars of more than twice its
power and reducing It's record up the hill
| to LIT.
The entire card of five races was swept
by Bob Kramer with his Flanders '.2O''
and a Fall Mr.. Kramer is one of the
best known amateurs in Indiana and is
| the owner Of a big health resort several
miles from Lafayette.
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That the Mississippi floods temporarily
| halted the progress of the Good Roads
| Special sent out by the Frisco lines to
educate the farmers and other citizens
| along the route of that railroad system
to the economic Importance of better
highways. is the report made by II. s.
Fairbank. assistant field secretary of the
American Association for Highway I'M
provement, in explaining why the train
/ was held up for two weeks in New Or
leans.
Many of the farmers of Texas, Okla
| homa, Arkansas. Louisiana. Missouri
and Alabama have been inquiring of the
provement in Washington what has be-
come of the Good Roads Special which
was to have visited their districts on GER
tain specified dates. ]. L. Pennybacker.
|
lean Association for Highway Improve
ment, now makes the announcement that
owing to the floods along the Mississippi
1t was necessary to put the special on a
siding, the schedule naturally being dis
arranged He said. however, the Of
f1cials of the Frisco system expected that
the, original schedule world be carried
out and that the train would simply re-
main on tour two weeks longer than
originally intended, probably continuing
until the fall
| The trip of the Good Roads Special
| was arranged result of the co-opera
! ton of the United States Office of public
roads and the American Association for
| Highway Improvement with II. +.
| Yoakum, chairman of the Frisco lines.
who is also a member of the executive
committee of the American association.
| The full government exhibit-show.ng the
effects of good roads and bad roads with
stereopticon views, electric models show
| ing how roads are made and stone crush
| ers at works. on board the train. II. S.
| Fairbank, assistant field secretary of the
American Association, is delivering lee
lures from the train. and at every stop
| is lending his aid in the formation of
road Improvement associations for the
| local communities. In his report to Sec
rotary Pennybacker he says that twenty
| such associations have been formed al
ready and that all have become affiliated
with the American Association for High
| way Improvement. The Good Roads
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sent on tour and its visits are meeting
with enthusiastic approval from each sec
ton where a stop is made.
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| T. NJ. Hanlon, who piloted Hupmo-
| bile roadster around the world, covering
B.. 600 miles. arrived in Washington Fri
day and is the guest of w. Elkins Reel
| of the Motor Supply Shop. He expects
/ to remain all this week in the National
\ Capital.
| A 1912 Hupp-Yeats Regent coupe was
| delivered during the past week to r. Ill.
! Pilson of this city.
| At this season of the year. when roads.
| in consequence of spring showers. are
| often muddy, most motor cars are COM
| ing in for their share of washing.
! Washing tires and washing car are
| two different propositions, says the Niche
| lin tire expert. Water alone should be
used to wash tires and little of it as
necessary. After every run the envelope
| should be wiped clean with a damp
sponge or we'll wrung cloth.
common mistake made by motorists
| Is to mix kerosene with water. This
| may be advisable when washing the body
| the varnish. but it should never be done
| when washing tires. because kerosene
eats rubber. This fact can be readily
proved by fmmersing small piece Of
soak. The rubber will soon swell and
| lose its elasticity. The reason for this
| is apparent. Kerosene is rich in fatty
| properties, which remain after the evapo-
! is washed with a kerosene mixture the
rubber is deprived OF more Of its strength.
When washing tires 1t is best simply
| to dampen sponge with clean water.
| care being taken that the sponge is not
soaked and dripping. Then wipe the tires
! dry with cloth or handful Of waste.
The dates for the summer meeting of
| the Society of Automobile Engineers at
| Detroit, Mich, have been fixed for Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. June q, Is
| and .. The headquarters will be in the
Hotel Pontchartrain. where the meeting
| will be held in the convention hall The
program OF entertainment and sightseeing
committees composed Of prominent au-
tonlobile men.
1.-THE magnetic was first introduced to
| the world in 1856 in Germany. The first
| Of the ignition systems were of loW-ten-
| sion type and suitable for stationary en-
gines,'' said Charles F. Splitdorf Later
| the type was perfected as it could be
used or adapted to road vehicles, and be-
| fore a great many years had elapsed the
| magnetic became the universal system OF
| ignition for gasoline engines. which Is
now Used as the power medium for au-
/ tOmobiles."
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Marion 49, touring cars were deliver
| ed last week to r. ]. Laleger and Henry
/ NJ. Baker.
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1.-THE races OF the past year. both in
| the south and on the Pacific coast. where
! the miles per hour have exceeded the
best times made abroad, have ably dem
| onstrated the fact that Americas products
are the best in the world" said Charles
F.. Splitdorf in a recent interview. IF one