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AUTO ROUTES TO PINEY POINT/ MD.
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Losier Motor Compeny has just closed
its branches in Chicago, Boston, Phila
delphia and San Francisco. Strong rep
resentation has been secured in each
of these cities and the company will
hereafter dispose of its product exclu
sively through dealers. At a time when
the majority of motor car manufacturers
are vitally interested in the branch ques
tion, the action of this company in abol
ishing this method of distribution is
arousing wide interest in the trade.
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Return Prom Long Tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Hall, accompa*
nird by a party of friends, have Jus; re
turned from a 1.511-mile tour In their
Simplex tourtng car. through Maryland,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Virginia and Delaware.
Among some of the points visited were
Baltimore, Wilmington. Atlantic CUy,
L.akewood, Spring Lake. Asbury Park,
New York, returning via Phllade.phia.
^??ttysburg, Antietam, Winchester, Har
pers Ferty and Frederick.
Mr. Hall and his party motored via
the route suggested in The Star a few
w,-eks ago to Philadelphia. Instead of
going from Perryville to North East and
th??nce to Elkton, they went from Perry
ville to Aiken. Theadore, Bay View,
Pleasant Hill, and into Elkton, thus elimi
nating the sandy stretch. They found
this road in good shape, and made good
tims oyer it. On the return trip, how
ever. they listened to one of the natives
in the vicinity of Eikton, who directed
them over the "short route." which
proved to be ten miles longer, and noth
ing but sand and mud nearly the entire
distance, not to mention the time con
sumed. which was over two hours.
From Ba.tlmore Mr. Hall says that
there is a little better road via the Har
ford road to the Eight Mile House. Here
turn to the right, then about five miles
further on turn left and keep straight
ahead. Be sure to bear right, he says,
at the old cemetery, which is at fork of
road which terminates in an ideal road
to Belair. The Harford road for the
eight miles is ideal, except a stretch of
about two miles. No trouble was ex
perienced on the tour with the exception
that once the engine was flooded when
trying to ford a stream when they were
warned not to, causing a delay of ten
minutes. A slow leak was the only tire
trouble. Those In the i>arty speak en
thusiastically over the trip, during which
time many good coads were encountered.
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Visiting Auto Factories.
Joseph M. Stoddard of the Cook ft Stod
AUTOMOBILfiv
<2^LENDAfJ
July 28-30?Beach races. Galves
ton, Tex., Automobile Club
August 12?Reliability run, Kan
sas State Automobile Association.
August 20-30? Elgin road races,
Elgin Road Racing Association:
. August 30-September 8? Reliabil
ity tour, Chicago Motor Club.
September 1 ? Two-hundred-mile
track raee, Columbus (Ohio) Auto
Club.
September 12?T rack msett
Youngstown, Ohio, Canfleld Fair
Association.
October 4-11?Around Lake Mich
igan. Chicago Motor Club.
November 24?Vanderbllt cup
race, 8avanr.ah. Ga., Savannah
Auto Club.
November 27?Grand prise race.
Savannah, Ga., Savannah Auto
Club.
dard Company left Wednesday afternoon
for Cleveland and Detroit, where he wi.l
visit the Baker electric and Cadillac fac
tories. From Detroit he will go to West
Springfield, N. H., where he will join his
family.
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Had Delightful Trip.
John C. Walker and Clifford K. Berry
man, returned last week from a delight
ful motor trip from the summer home
of Mr. Berryman at Pocantlco Hills, N.
Y., where their families are spending the
heated term. Leaving there last Sunday
afternoon they motored to New York and
Long Island and thence to Trenton, N. J.
Leaving Trenton Monday morning they
continued their Journey to Philadelphia,
where they took breakfast, arriving there
at 7:15 o'clock. Leaving at tt o'clock the
trip was resumed in the direction of
Washington, which was reached Mon
day afternoon at 4:80 o'clock, after a de
lightful trip and without any delays.
The route from New York was via Staten
Ialand to Perth Amboy and New Bruns
wick to Trenton. Their route from the
Quaker City was via Elkton, North East
and Perryville to Havre de Grace, Bel
air. and thence over the old Harford pike
into Baltimore. They report this latter
road being repaired and that about eight
miles of It in excellent shape, where a
new macadamised road has been built.
Leaving Elkton they found themselves mo
toring over the new cement road which is
being built from Elkton to Perryville. It
extended almost to North East, but they
were forced to make a detour just before
arriving at North East. The road is a
splendid one and when completed all the
way to Perryvllle will be all that can be
desired for motoring. The latter part of
the trip Into Perryvllle was through
rough and sandy roads. The trip wae
made in Mr. Walker's Maxwell touring
car, the total distance covered being 273
miles.
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On Long Auto Tour.
After having traveled nearly 3,000 miles
in aq automobile, a party of well known
Minneapolis, Minn., persons arrived in the
National Capital yesterday. Their Jour
ney was from Atlantic City and Balti
more, Md. Those in the party are the
guests of F. C. Denkmann Of Rock Island,
IU.
About five weeks ago the party met In
Boston, Mass.. and proceeded by rail to
Bridgeport, Conn., where Mr. Denkmann
purchased a new Loaomobile. Since that
time twelve states have been visited
After spending a few da s sightseeing the
party will disband and return to their
homes by rail. For Ave weeks Mr. Denk
mann and his guests have been touring
the New England and northern states.
They have traveled through the White
mountains and visited many of the sum
mer resorts along the Atlantic coa9t.
They have gone as far as Cape Cod, and
also followed the course of the Hudson
river.
"We have traveled through twelve
states in our Journey/' said J. B. Suther
land of Minneapolis, Minn., one of the
party, "and I must say that the roads In
Maryland are about the best I have seen
during our Journey. In many of the
states we passed through the roads were
good only in places. In Maryland the
roads have been generally good."
Those in the party are: Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Denkmann of Rock Island, 111 ; Mr.
and Mrs. F. G. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Sutherland and their two sons, David
!?. Sutherland and J. F. Sutherland of
Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Sutherland's sons
have been at school In Boston.
St. Sepulchre's,
From the London Chronicle.
St. Sepulchre's, the city church at the
end of Holborn viaduct, whose church
yard Is opened to the public, dates,
as the name implies, from the'time of
the first crusade. Of the present edi
fice, which has suffered sadly from
"restorers," only the fine tower, one
of London's landmarks, retains medie
val masonry. From the top of this
tower ,,rleh Dodington," the brother
-in-law of Walslngham, threw him
self to avoid a chancery lawsuit. "If
I do break my neck," said Bacon to
Queen Elizabeth, "I shall do it In a
I manner as Mr. Dodington did it. who
walked on the battlements of the
church many days and took a survey
where he should fall."
1914 CADILLAC 5-PASSENGER TOURING CAR.
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Cadillac leadership in scientific motor car
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development is once more strikingly demonstrated
11 A new quality of luxury
A new element of efficiency
A new source of econofny
Each year you have looked to the Cadillac for the real and substantial
progress in motor car development.
You have looked to the Cadillac for the great essentials in the prac
tical motor car.
And you have not looked in vain.
Now conceive, if you can, a Cadillac ^with its essential functions
sharpened, accentuated and refined.
Conceive such a process of refinement culminating in an entirely new
riding quality of unexampled ease.
That is precisely what has come to pass in this new car.
The principal contributing factor?the two speed direct drive axle?
is described in detail elsewhere.
The Cadillac Delco electrical system of automatic cranking, lighting
and ignition, the first practical syste r> ever made and first introduced by
us, has, after experience with it on 27,000 Cadillacs, been still further devel
oped, improved and simplified and the slight attention required from the
user materially reduced.
The carburetor has been improve ' its efficiency and its well known
economy increased. It is hot witter jacketed and electrically heated to facili
tate starting in cold weather.
The rear springs are six inches longer.
The body designs are new and strikingly handsome.
Front seat passengers may enter or leave the car at either side.
These and many other refinements of essential details make for a great
er and a better Cadillac and serve to more firmly establish its position as
America's leading motor car.
The Cadillac Company has never d isappointed you in the smallest par
ticular or in a single promise.
We promise you again, in this new car, a positive revelation in motor
car luxury.
Cadillac two-speed direct drive axle
In tills new axle the Cadillac Company once more gives evidence of Its leadership In motor ear development
and motor car progress.
The advantages of this axle do not lie in its being particularly an Improvement so far as Its functions as
an axle are concerned, but rather in the manifold advantage* attained in other directions through the medium
?f In place of the single bevel pln'on and single bevel driving gear common to ordinary construction, there are
two bevel pinions and two bevel driving gears. This affords two different gear ratios, each driving direct from
tlie engine to the axle wllhont intermediate gearing. .... .. ^ . .
The usual single direct gear ratios range from about 8.5 to 1 down to 4 to 1, according to the oar. Any fin
ale gear ratio Is necessarily what it Is because a single, gear ratio must be, or should be, the particular one which
is best adapted for all-around general use.
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No one single gear ratio can possibly be just right for all speeds and for all conditions. But by using two
direct gear ratios we have exactly doubled the means for promoting the economical and efficient application
power developed by the engine to the driving of the car.
In attaining these much desired qualities, instead of adding complications to the power
plant which make (or greater fuel consumption and for greater upkeep expense, they ha?e
?been attained by methods which are strikingly the reverse, vl*., by methods which lessen
the fue* consumption, methods which decrease friction with Its resulting wear and methods
which make for longer life, together with an appreciable decrease in the cost of operation
and maintenance.
Specifications in brief
ENGINE?Four-cylinder, 4ty-Inch bope by 5\-inch stroke; fdlent chain-driven earn shaft, pump shaft and g>?n
tor shaft; Incloaed valvs mechanism. Five-bearing crankshaft. HORSEPOWER?tO-.W. COOLING?Water,
orator _
copper jacketed cylinders. Centr.fugal pump; radiator, tubular and plate type. IGNITION?Deloo dnal system.
CRANKING DEVICE?Delco E'ectricaJ, patented. LUBRICATION?Cadillac automatic splash aystem, oil uni
formly distributed. CARBURETOR?Special Cadillac design of maximum efficiency, hot water jacketed and elec
trically heated; air controlled from driver's aeat. CLUTCH?Cone type, laree, leather faced with special aprlng
ring in fly wheel. TRANSMISSION?.811dlng gear, selective type, three speeds forward and reverse. Ch om<*
nickel steel gears running on Ave Annular ball bearings. CONTROL?Hand gear change lever and hand
brake lever.St drivel's right, inside the car. Service brake, foot lever. Clutch, foot lever. Rear axle sresr
control, electric switch. Throttle accelerator, foot lever. Spsi* ----- -
buretor sir control, hand lever on steering column. DRIVE?Shs
-Bear,
Spark and throttle levera at steering wheel. Car
sft, to two sets of bevel gears of special cut
teeth. AXLES?Bear, full floating type; special alloy ateel live axle ahafts; two apeed direct drive (?-e detailed
description) . Front axle, drop forged I beam section with drop forged yokes, spring perches, tie rod ends and
roller bearing steering spindles. Fro at wheels fitted with Tlmken bearings. BRAKES?One internal and one
rims. SPRINGS?Front, seml-elllptioal. Bear, three-quarter platform. FINISH ? Calumet'Green with ro!d
stripe. STANDARD EQUIPMENT?Cadillac top. windshield, full lamp equipment, gasoline gauge, electric
horn, power tire pump, foot rail and coooa mat in tonneau of open oars, robe, rail, tire holders, aet of tools, tire
repair hit, Warner Autometer. '
In the new Cadillac axle we have, as before stated, two -dirert-drive gear ratios. The low direct drive gear,
whleh Is 3.S6 to 1, la especially adapted for city driving, where starting, stopping and slowing down are ffe
quent and where cautious opera - on U necessary:
The high direct drive gear r.tio, which ia 2.5 to 1, is of special advantage where speeds of about IS miles
or more per hour are permisaib e and desirable. ,
The change from op? gear ratio to the other is made by means of a simple, convenient electric switch.
The advantagea of the hUh direct drive gear rafio lie primarily in the fact that with It any given speed of
the engine produces an increase of about 42 per ceqt In the speed of the car. For example: at an engine speed
of 700 revolutions per minute, with the low direct gear engaged, the car will travel approximately 21 m les per
hour; while on the high direct gear it will travel approximately 30 miles per hour with no Increase In engine
speed.
This grest Increase 1a car speed in its relation to engine speed accomplishes s number of desirable things.
Among these is a decrease In g'sollne consumption for h given mlleaze. This Is due to the fact that with the
engine turning over slowly?comparatively speaking?a given quantity of gas Is utilized to greater advantage and
generatea more actual power than with the engine turning over more rapidly. Friction also is materially re
duced by reason of the parts operating more s.owly and this, too, 1b a factor In reducing gasoline consumption
when driving on the high gear. ....
Another great advantage Is that with this direct drive high gnar ratio there is obtained an extraordinarily
luxurious smoothness in running, together with a marked quietness' and a comparative freedom from the vibration
which, to s greater or less extent, is ever present when traveling at high speed with s low gear ratio.
Seven passenger car .
Phaeton, four passenger . 1979
Roadster, two passenger . 1975
Five, paasenger Touring car, $4975
Other models
? $2075 Landaulet Coupe, three passenger
. $2500
Inside drive Limousine, five passenger 2800
Standard Limousine, seven passenger 3250
All prices are F. O. B. Detroit and include standard equipment
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NEW CADILLAC CARS
MARK M0T6R EPOCH
1914 Model Is Equipped With
Two-Speed Direct-Drive
Axle.
An announcement said to mark another
epoch in motor car development, and
which has aroused been curiosity in mo
toring as to what the new mechanical
element of the 1914 Cadillac model woul!l
be, is made today. That curiosity has
been appeased by the promise of a two
speed direct-drive axle with which the
new model Is to be endowed.
It is not merely as an axle that this
mechanism is a great advance in motor
car qonstruction, it is explained. The
announcement adds: "Its peculiar func
tion is of another nature. Heretofore the
power of the engine haa been trans
mitted to the rear axle by a single
bevel pinion and a single bevel driving
gear. Therefore there could be at all
times, and under all the various condi
tions of travel which might arise, only
one ratio between the revolutions of the
engine and the revolutions of the rear
axle as it absorbed the power, except
for the changes afforded by the shift
ing of the transmission gears by the
hand lever. Now, however, by means
nf the new axle, the Cadillac will have
two direct drive gear ratios in trans
mitting the power to the rear wheels.
"Usually the single direct drive gear
ratio ranges from 3.5 to 1 down to
4 to 1, according to the car and ac
cording to the success of the mechani
cal designer in securing that ratio
best adapted to his particular car.
That single ratio had to do the best
it could under all circumstances. Now,
with two ratios, there is just double
the means for promoting the economi
cal and efficient application of the pow
er developed by the engine to the driv
ing of the car.
Low Direct Drive Qear.
"On the 11)14 Cadillac the low direct
drive gear ratio is 3.68 to 1; the high
direct drive gear ratio is 2.5 to 1. The
low is especially adapted for city driv
ing where traffic problems are met,
where speed must be low and stops
and starts frequent. A simple, con
venient electric switch changes the
gear ratio from the low direct to the
high direct, and the car is ready for
conditions which permit a speed rate
of sixteen miles per hour or more.
"With the high direct gear ratio In
operation at any given speed of' the
engine (he speed of the car Is In
creased about 48 per cent over what
It would be with the low direct gear
ratio. This point is illustrated thus:
At an engine speed of 740 revolutions
Eer minute with the low direct gear,
tie car speed is twenty.one miles per
hour; employing the high direct gear
will increase the speed to thirty miles
per hour without any increase in en
gine speed."
One of the benefits claimed la lower
fuel consumption*
Other features ot the 1914 Cadillac are:
An improved and simplified electrical
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MONDEX-HELIX GAS MIXER
This new Carburctton method used in combination with any
Carburetor on automobiles, motor trucks, motor boats, motor
cycles?all gasoline engines?4a giving wonderful results. More
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MONDEX SHOCK PREVENTOR
Graduated rubber cushion resistance to over-action of springs.
Does not stiffen the springs, but eliminates shock and prevents
breakage on rough and uneven roads.
Reduce* Repair BiOi to a Minimum
Rifht Principle. Bast Material. Outlasts All Otfcara. Cub Ho
Standard Equipment for Many
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Commencement
From the Louisville Oour'er-Jaurnal.
"What's the matter, old man?"
"Brain fag. Been presiding at the grad
uation exercises of a grammar school.
Had to listen to forty highbrow essays.
But you seem to be played out, too."
"Yes; indigestion, i took In a cooking
school. Had to taste forty different
messes."
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The Foolish One?JuBt wait! She'll
catch her husband flirting some day.
The Wise One?That's how she did
catch him.
OTHER MOTORING NEWS
PAGE 3, THIS SECTION.
Michigan 40.
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not so much because of its surpris
ingly low first cost, as because of
its wonderfully low cost of main
tenance?and its simplicity.
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Immediate Deliveries.
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Here'* the teat: 800.000 Fords now In service.
Runabout, $523; Touring Car, $6<>0; Town Car,
1000?f.o.b. Detroit, wiih all equipment lirt
catalogue and all particulars front MILLER
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