Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28

"a road congress to be held at At
"a lantic City, between September
30 and October 8. will be the
first campaign meeting Of Gov
Wilson Of New Jersey and President Taft
The respective candidates Of the demo-
cratic and republican parties have both
consented to address the American road
congress. and, while the addresses Of the
two men will be non-political. there 10
great Interest in the manner In which
they will greet each other 1t IL not
probable that they viii have another
chance In the course Of tho campaign
to appear upon the Same platform Both
candidates are looking forward to the
truce that will prevail At the big road
congress
Both the President and Gov. Wilson
agreed to address the American road
congress before they were nominated
by their respective parties. OF all the
candidates who were In the republican
and democratic fields before the conven-
lions were held Wilson and Taft were
the only two who were invited to ad-
dress tho road congress. The directors
of the congress are priding themselves
upon having picked the winners.
The American road congress marks the
combination Of the conventions OF the
American Association for Highway I'M
provement, the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION and the National Association
OF Road Machinery and Material Manu-
facturers. 1t will be the first time that
every faction engaged in the road move
ment has combined In one general con-
gress More than half hundred state.
county and local associations which are
affiliated with the American Association
for Highway Improvement. will be rep
resented at the congress, and automobile
tours to Atlantic City from all sections or
American Automobile Association Eighty
thousand square feet of space have been
set aside for the exhibits, nearly one
half of which has already been engaged
by leading manufacturers.
Another interesting feature Of the con-
gress will be the booths In which various
states will exhibit models and maps OF
their roads and furnish information to
automobiles as to the best routes and IN
formation to road builders OF other states
as to the manner in which the roads on
the maps and models were constructed
Every state In the Union is to be fur
nished a booth without cost The states
of New York, New Jersey. North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois
and Kansas have already made definite
arrangements to occupy the booths SET
aside for their purposes. Georgia ana
New Hampshire d1C IudAAuS 04I SA6C1A
for booths.
The American Road Congress Is being
held by the American Association Tor
Highway Improvement. the American Au-
tomobiie Association and the Nauonal
terial Manufacturers. The United states
government will exhibit all its road
models and miniature electrically oper-
ated models of road machinery and stere-
optican views. and every state road de-
partment will be represented The spe-
cial booths in which the various states
will exhibit their maps. models and their
various publications. win place the con-
gress on par With the biggest inter na-
tional exposition.
The old trails committee OF the Daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution Is max
ing preparations for an EXHIBIT showing
the development from the old trails Of the
past to the boulevards OF the present.
The committee expects to exhibit prairie
schooner and horse team, stage coach Oh
the period Of 1912. There will also be
real log cain presided over by the
u. A. r.
The Studebaker corporation has taken
advantage of sensationally prontaDie
season to recall $450.OOO worth of pre-
ferred stock issued some time ago. In
addition the firm has added greatly to Its
immense reserve fund
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II you run short of gasoline in local
ity where the Supply cannot be replen-
ished easily. YOU can often get home with
out difficulty by mixing ordinary stove
naphtha or even kerosene with the fuel
remaining in your tank. Or course, inc
carbureter will need adjustment and the
main thing to remember is to keep the
engine running constantly and keep II
hot so as to vaporiZe the mixture read ly
Extreme care should. of course, be taken
when filling the gasoline tank. and the
poorer grade of kerosene or gasoline, If
used should be well strained
| The United States government-for a
| half century one Of Studebakers best
customers-has just purchased eight more
Studebaker cars for work in the reclama-
| ton service and the Indian bureau.
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| Mr. and Mrs C. Francis jenkins are at
| Chicopee Falls, Mass. where they went
| few days ago to get their stevens
| Duryea car from the factory. From