Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1921, Page 52

MOTOR ACCESSORY MEN t= JO MEET IN NEW YORK Annual Session of Association i Opens in Commodore Hotel t: on January 12. stimulating, tu fi | founded in 1904. Buffalo. The board of directors of the Motor 14 * tion have issued a call for the ammual | Meeting of the association, to be held | of the festivities will be— ©on Wednesday, January 12, at the Hotel | “1921—Oh, Boy ™ . N ot e 119')] No formal routine reports will S,:l"'m"d“"‘ New York, beginning at 2| pregented at the annual In addition to the regular business o the meeting. which includes the el tion of officers for the uing year, there will be an innovation in the form of an open forum. This will be a gen- eral discussion of the asso " tivities and it is expected that t tinue its departure from tradition eliminating _toastmasters, speakers and “‘problem the d nd_entertainment. mittee he ex- | for a show. INSTANT ADJUSTMENT FROM SEAT. | No wolling of hands. Fool-proof—Simple. | Any owner can easily install it. Lasts the life of the car. BORING OR MA- WORK REQUIRED. Overadjustment eliminated. Maintains and prolongs life ot ‘y Innn-l‘ linings. A good invest- Za | I‘:fill‘len-t brakes at all times. MICHON OUTSIDE BAND | YIRST, dast an ADJUSTERS | The acme of insurance. and SATISFACTION ix worth the price on every adiustment. FOR FORD CARS Price, $3.00 per xet. | Ready to install. our dealer or we wil on receipt of pric THE JOHNSTON-MICHON DISTRIBUTING AGENCY, . H. JOHNSTON, Distributor. 639 F St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Retail Agency IMMEDIATE DELIVERY - STANLEY H. HORNER Sales and Service 1015 14th Street g ~ Beauty-SIX | Now in Effect Standard Touring Car . $1695 Sedan . 2795 ‘Tourster « . s . 1695 Coupe . « ¢ o 2795 Roadster. . o o 1745 (F. O. B. Auburn, Ind., plus war tex) Auburn Beauty-SIX prices for 1921 are com- manding attention. This is proved conclusively by the enthusiastic Teception of Auburn’s new price announcement. A saving of $200 on a car with twenty-one years’ reputation for true quality and dollar for dolla.rvarxxe, presents a rarebuying opportunity. The response *has been immediate and con~ clusive. Without Auburn quality this price cut might be inconsiderable; witk those features of time- tested utility and distinctive beauty which you have always associated with thiscar, the present price cannot help but create in your mind the desire for instant ownership. . The Motor Company of Washington Conn. Ave. and R. 1. Ave., at M St. Phone Main 6177 change of viewpoints will be heifpul and Almost 400 representative manufac- rers of parts, units and equipment or the automotive industry are now members of the assdciation, which was The annual meeting will be addressed by George M. Graham, vice president of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company of The meeting will be adjourned early ' enough to allow the members time to prepare for the annual banquet and @nd Accessory Manufacturers’ Assocta- | show of the association to be held the | same evening in the grand ballroom f the Hotel Commodore. The keynote meeting and the banquet of the assotiation will con- after-dinner The order of y—or rather evening—will be food The banquet com- s working on elaborate plans 388 MOTORISTS be During the month of October Penn- sylvania railroad watchers assigned to grade crossings to check up care- less automobilists caused warnings to be merved on 3,886 automobile drivers or owners in the states of New Jer- sey and Pennsylvania. These watch- ers consumed a total of 3,043 hours of time in their work, and an analysis 1of their reports shows that during the month 8.7 per cent of all automobilists driving over grade crossings failed to observe proper caution in approach- ing the crossings. The Pennsylvania railroad's cam- paign to reduce the number of grade crossing accidents began in July and has been conducted in co-operation ith Lewis S. Sadler, commissioner of highways of Pennsyivania, and W. L. Dill, commiasioner of motor vehicles of New Jersey. When a watcher notes a case of careless driving at a grade crossing he writes down the number of the car on a card, which is for- warded to the proper official of the state where the license was issued. Careless Motorists Warned. This latter official gets the name of the owner of the car from his records and forwards a warning to him, giv- ing the date, time and place of his offense. Notwithstanding _the _precautions that are taken to protect automobi ists there are repeated instances of reckless driving reported by watche: by It's rully astoundin’ to set by an’ ‘watch the knack of readin’ character developed by my 1i'l side-kick Lon in the past six months! Hardly a day passes now that the kid don’t rush into the flat, an’ with a enthusiasm Tve never saw equaled, proceed to eloocidate on the short-comin’s or at- tributes of some particular *“grass- hopper’ he's run across that day! The 1f’] rascal claims that with the whole world turned topsy-turvy there never was a more opportune time than now to get a true line on the in- nermost intentions of the majority of folks, an’ accordin’ to him, there ain’t a drama bein’ staged today to equal the great human show that's daily bein’ pulled in our midst, which con- vinces him more'n ever that the guy who said “the world's a stage an’ all of us actors,” sure chirped a whole earful! He's just after tellin’ me of a cer- tain pest who's roamed the highways an’ byways of our fair land for many a long moon, but who, if the kid's dope is keerect, will soon be elimi- nated from “amongst them present” lists of the future, but, I reckon, good people, youw've run into him, The guy who has nothin® to do; The languid “persimmon™ who takes keen delight In constantly airin’ his view, On what he considers the folly of those Who persist in safeguardin® a job, “ONE MAN” AUTO SHOW. ||F. J. Petersen Opens Display at Connecticut Avenue Rooms. ‘There has been a “one-man” auto- mobile show going on in Washington during the last week. The one man is F. J. Peterson, president of Peter- sen Motors, Inc., who has opened the remodeled building at 1028 Connecti- cut avenue as a permanent agency for the Locomobile and Mercer cars, products of the Hare's Motor, Inc., of | | New York. || _ Six cars comprise the “show,” three Locomobiles and three Mercers, rang- ing from the town car of the former make to the raceabout of the latter. The Mercer is being represented in ‘Washington for the first time. Plans of the new corporation in- clude the complete remodeling of the former home of the Exide Battery Company, on L street, as a service station. After the Washington branch has gotten under way Mr. Petersen, a Philadelphia automobile man, plans to open a similar distributing agency in Baltimore for the same cars. Officers of the company are: F. J. | | Petersen, president and general man- ager, . F. Smith, secretary and | | treasurer. ~ Washington men asso- clated with the company are M. T. ‘Wiggins, W. F. Holtzman and J. J. A. ‘Krentzlin, all of whom known in eutomotive circles in this city. SEEKS A. A. A. AFFILIATION Automobile Club of Mexico Sends In Inquiry. Inquiry 'has been received by the American Automobile Association from the Automobile Club of Mexico. as to affiliation. The communication from || Mexico City is the result of a recom- || mendation by the Automobile Club of Jalisco, which has its headquarters in Guadalajara and has been an A. A. A. ‘Tmember. for. years. Draimtad repeatodly b the Mexican | ted 3 || government the vatue of a highway to the Mexican capital as a means of cre- ating a great volume of international road travel, and also serving to solidi- fy relations between the two coun- tries. Since the A. A. A. has accepted other clubs from New Brunswick and Mexico, 1t is assumed that the application from Mexico City will receive favorable con- sideration. Among the several hun- dred clubs in the A. A. A. list is the Hawail Automobile Club of Hilo, add- ed duringthe past year. ity J. B. Kendall Co. 485 Missouri Ave. N.W, Tel. Main 484 Headquarters for Aatomobile Springs Auto Top-Coverings Iron, Steel and Heavy Hardware Cap Screws and Nuts 6 18 Ak b A, OF CROSSING CARELESSNESS Pen;xsylvania Railroad Officials Find Sur- prising Number of Autoists Who Disregard Safety Rules. DOPEY DAN AND LON The Guy Whé Has Nothing to Do. BY W. H. CLAGETT. WARNED The following. a report of which has just been sent to Highway Commis- sioner Sadler of Pennsylvania, is an impressive n illustration of careless- On the evening of November 29, an automobile bearing a Pennsylvania license number disregarded a watch- man’s signal at the gas house cross- ing at Carlisle, P although when the warning was given the automobile| was 300 feet from the track In the face of the warning the driver of the car attempted to cross the tracks in front of a passenger train. His motor stopped while he was on the tracks and a fatal accident was averted.only by the prompt action of the watch- man, who ran along the track with a red flag and succeeded in stopping the approaching train. 47 Killed at Grade Crossings. The owner of this car, a resident of New Oxford, Pa., has received warn- ing calling his attention to the fact that he not only endangered the lives of the occupants of the car by his act, but might have caused a derailment of the train with consequent loss of life or injuries to passengers and the members of the train crew. Figures just compiled by the Penn- sylvania railroad show that during the first six months of 1920 forty- seven persons were killed and 162 in- jured in accidents to automobiles at grade crossings on the Pennsylvania system, while in the same period of 1919, fitty-eight persons were killed and 146 injured. Contendin® a few have control of the game, ‘With nary a chance for the mob! For hours he'll chirp over what should be done To refix what's wrong in the land, Yet when it comes down to doin’ his bit, You'l ind him too weary to stand! He'll sapeech about “class™ an* them with a pull, Upholdin® the slackers who shirk, ‘When he knows in his heart he’d fall in a faint If confronted with honorable work! Still he keeps skiddin® on from pillar to post, Ever preachin® “knock,” Side-steppin’ real labor until pushed for the “eats,” An® only then with & Dead-on.dhe clock! Discontented, yet Ignorant of Just ‘what it is That makes him dyspeptic en® blue, LIl dreamin’, poor boob, that the trouble with him 1s the fact he's got nothin®to dot O’ course, it seems foolish-for well meanin® folks To flddle their time with such stufr, But, nevertheless, hearted Jims, ‘Who fall for this miserable bluff. So just as protection for them who ‘who ain't wise To the drift of his slick-worded rot, All hands are implored when next they meet him. To cut loose the followin® shot: “Now, see hers, old’ tall-light, T've suffered your drool, When my impulse to beat it was strong, Arr while it might be you've hit the right church, The pew you've selected Is wrong! So hereafter make certain when I near the ‘block’ Al signals are clear to go through, In fact ‘twould be safer to cut the ‘day-day. TUnless you've got somethin® to do!™ DOPEY DAN. Note—Lon gays it wasn't so many back when folks who sported a years horse’n_ buggy was regarded as ruther “high-tone.” his doctrine of there are big- e Phone Col.565. Automobile Wheels Repaired, rebuilt, overhauled. We manufacture and install Wheels cut down or built up. Sole distributor in the District of Columbia and northern new spokes, felloes, etc. Virginia for Woodisk Wheels. ‘Washington’s Automotive “Wood Wheel Founded 1852 3700 Georgia N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N For the extra And that high-pitched lament increases. gears grind. Attractive proposition on ‘Woodisk Wheels open to com- petent dealer in Alexandria, Va. . Automobile Painting and Trimming John A. Wineberger Co. ‘Washington, D. C. R e Your Transmission-and Differential Gears Gears complain when they’re worn or abused just like a man. cates poor lubrication ’most always. Whatever its cause, it should be stopped at once, for when gears once wear enough to grind the extra play that causes that grind wears them out proportionately faster as it The gears in your car will be best insured against wear with It’s the highest type of pure oil. It cushions the teeth of the its rich adhesive mass and clings at all speeds. EBONITE THE SUNDAY STAR, JANUARY 9, 1921—PART 3. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR THE AUTOMOBILISTS Answers to Last Week's Questions. 1. A spark will not jump as great a distance between the spark plus points under compression within the cylinder as it will outside of the en- gine because the compressed air and gas mixture form a better insulator to electricity than _exterior at- mosphere. Therefore, more voltage is required to penetrate compression, and a closer setting of the points is necessary within the cylindr. The average temperature Within an _ automobile engine, with cooling and lubricating systems functioning properly, is about 950 degrees. At the beginning of power stroke, explosion occurs in each temperature is about 2,700 degrees, and the temperature at suction stroke, the coolest period of the cycle is about 250 degrees. To withstand these various high temperatures it can be easily seen that a good quality of oil is necessary in_the engine. 3. One way of telling if one or more cylinders aro consuming too much oil is to watch the exhaust pipe as the engine is in operation. If smoke comes from the pipe steadily all cylinders are receiving the same amount of ofl, but if the smoke issues irregularly in puffs there is a possibility that some cylinders are being lubricated more than others. A constant stream of smoke may indi- cate too much oil in all cylinder: 4. The basis of power which a gaso- line engine has is usually figured at eighty to a hundred pounds per square inch, which is considered to exist dur- ing ‘the full length of power stroke of each piston. 5. In _most automobile engines the exhaust and inlet valves are both the same size, therefore from size alone you cannot tell one from the other. But you can tell them apart by ob- serving when they open and close. The inlet begins to open immediately upon the full closing of the exhaust, but there is a period of time between the closing of the inlet and the open- ing of the exhaust. 6. Alcohol is obtained from a vege- table source, and contains 7 or more per cent of water. It can be made from substances containing starch or sugar, and it is also a product of fruits, grain, vegetables, wheat, rye, corn, 'sugar cane, barley and rice. Alcohol requires considerable heat to properly vaporize it, and therefore is used almost entirely as an anti-freeze solution only in the automobile en- gine. 7. It a_storage battery were dis- charged faster than the specified rate the plates would tend to warp and active material on them would be Joosened from the surface, forming considerable sediment in the bottom of the battery jar. This, if continued Automotive LicenseRecords for 1921 to date, including about 34,000 renewals, will be ready for Distribution January 15 The officially authentic and up- to-the-minute list that gives name and address of owner, name of car, year it was made, also whether Touring, Sedan, Roadster, Truck, etc. Cost Reasonable for either the complete list or special classifications—the price varying according to the class of service desired. GARDNER-JOHNSON ADVERTISERS® S8ERVICE BUREAU, Inc. 306-10 EVENING STAR BLDG. Phone Main 1556, Y Z Sele Members Incorporated 1920 Avenue N.W. R hard work of is really a warning signal. It indi- and takes out the extra play and the It completely buries the gears in For Transmissions and Differentials Call U | [ | Manufacturers Erie, Pa, FOR TRANSMISSIONS B e Ca oo Leoducty ERIT PENKSYLVANIA Ne Other Lubricant Is Like It. I)Soltl in five and twent; dzflf:fx:ges, gasoline stations and accessory BAYERSON OIL WORKS -five pound cans for it by name—EBONITE. does not absorb heat as rapidly as considerable force by flywheel the motor recelves sufficient cooling. strip of road such as mud, gravel or crushed stone clutch after speeding up the car be- its own momentum. Less strain on that they can be .operated effclently? S. Where should, you carry the spark control lever when traveling over very slippery or soft, rough or hilly roads? 9. What 1s usually the troubls if an | engine runs well, but has no power | while being driven? 10. What would cause a sudden grinding noise in transmission or; differential? i would cause a battery. 8. A thin oil is not generally used short circuit in the! WIRE'WHEELS in the transmission or differential be- | (copsright, 1921, Thompsan Featare Service. 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