Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

photographer and a telegraph operator
| The telegrapher's equipment includes an
| instrument and several coils Of wire and
! he can obtain communication with Mex
| leo City from any outlying point by max
| ing direct connection with the telegraph
| company's lines. This travelling news
| bureau has already effected several
beats on the other newspapers and
| an important battle in emergencies where
| the telegraph wires leading to the scene
| have been severed.
| In spite of a few drawbacks, the re-
porters declare news gathering by auto
mobile a vast Improvement over the old
method and it is probable that the war
| correspondents motor car will soon be
| part of the equipment of every frst-class
newspaper in Mexico
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| George Allen ard J. L. Baugher COM
| posing the Staunton Motor Car Company, |
have been appointed agents for the Loco |
mobile in several counties in Virginia. |
| The firm has also placed an order for |
demonstrating with the local dis |
| tributer.
X t*
| Thomas H. Smart. District manager of |
the Wilys-Overland Company. was in |
| Washington for a few days last week, |
visiting several of his automobile friends
here. He left Wednesday night for To-
| ledo, Ohio his headquarters.
**
| ]. l.. WITT of Staunton. Va. has placed |
| an order for early delivery Of a Loco |
mobile touring car, type r. 1t is to be
of the six-cylnder type, 3S-horsepoWer, |
five passenger and finished in Locomo-
| bile blue.
Automobile construction problems may
/ be simplified 20 per cent by the general |
building of roads in the United States
along lines that obtain in the Older coun-
tries, in the opinion of F. r. Humpage, |
president of the e. r. Thomas Motor Car
Company.
Mr.. Huinpage is widely known as an
authority on good highways, having
made special study of ancient arteries
of traffic. especially in India and the
Island of Java. Concrete pavements,
such as now are being laid in the Dor
ough of Queens, he thinks. will make
for roads that will give the maximum of
service for all kinds Of travel.
with complete surfaces made on old
foundations prepared for the facing. why
should not we have roads like those of
India? Between Calcutta and Bombay
centuries Of traffic have not caused de-
terioration. This highway practically is
i'm perfect condition today. For thou
sand miles out OF Singapore and for LOO
miles out of Batavia. Java Mr.. Hum
page adds. the roads | have traversed
have surfaces almost perfect as hard
wood floors. They are like concrete side
walks, in short"
Virtually every municipality in the
United States will be interested in the
new ordinance for the regulation of mo-
tor vehicle traffic soon TO be adopted by
the board of aldermen OF the city OF
New York
The Touring Club of America has SUBJ
mitted a brief suggesting that a speed
limit not to exceed twenty miles per hour
should be specifically defined in order
that the ordinance can be effectively en-
forced.
| That the present city ordinance which
prescribes speed of eight and fifteen
miles an hour is obsolete is conceded
upon all sides. especially there is
scarcely an automobile driven in New
! York at the present time without violat
ing the city's speed ordinance.
| At the request of Chairman Folks OF
| the special adermanic committee. the
Touring Club. through it's legislative COM
mttee consisting of Charles r. McMllen,
| Foster Gilroy and Secretary Frederick H.
Elliott has recommended that the ordi-
nance should be based upon section 2S7
of the motor vehicle law of the state of
| New York, known as the Callan law,
with the exception Of the substitution of
and OF .'one-eighth' for one fourth in
| the last paragraph. The new city ordi-
| nance as proposed would read as follows:
| NO motor vehicle shall be operated at
a rate of speed in excess OF or greater
| than is reasonable and proper. having
regard for the traffic and the use Of the
| highway or so as to endanger the life
or limb of any person and the safety Of |
any property or in any event on any such
public street, highway. parkway, drive
| way or place within the said city of New
| York, at a greater rate than one mile in
/ three minutes: and the maintenance of n |
| greater rate Of speed for one-eghth of
mile shall be presumptve evidence Of
driving at a rate of speed which is not
| careful and prudent.
Delivery was made yesterday of a 1912 |
self-starting Michigan 40 five-passenger
| touring car The is model K, fin-
! ished in brown. with nickel trimmings
and equipped with electric lights through
out power being furnished by a gen.
orator. The new owner is Milton H. Hop
fenmaier of this city.
| Bates Warren. motorist Of Washing
| ton left Friday morning in his Stevens
| Duryea touring car for tour through |
| the Shenandoah valley. He will join Mrs. |
! Warren at Staunton. He went via Rock
Vile, Whites Ferry. Leesburg. Berry |
Vile and Winchester.
These have been busy days for Capt |
| Rudolph Jose and Lieut. Gardner p Orn,e |
! of the Automobile Club. They not only |
| arranged all of the details for the soc.a- |
b!lity run yesterday, but are now COM |
pleting plans for the endurance run to be |
given early in June.
As the recognition of his exceptional |
success I'm building up its foreign auto |
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