Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1921, Page 54

B 'THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (. FEBRUARY 13, 1921—PART 3. ! excessively ric e coolin stem [ mobiles entered the park, 3,000 more NEW FOUR-WHEEL BRAKE | )l ESTIONS AND ANSWERS |Fi i e s e e o - BY AMERICAN INVENTOR ing system, for the engine to over- e ] 7 heat. This applies to the engine in FOR THE AUTOMOBILISTS |5t s ait et many engines recelve more’ gasoline; 1y 1 orm, c ; EuxopeanMauafactarers, Howeves e ub (o condanaing from ths J B. Kenda“ CO. Have Little to Learn From Answers to Last Week's Questions. | bare wire which touches some metal|cold air. lo rts at intervals. This Week's Questions. ~ Here' Just Now. 1. When you wish to make your car| ™ *rhe old-time stoel-studded leath-| 3 what causes a car to Jump or 485 Missouri Ave. NW, o Hurley Motor Comgan)j ANNOUNCES THE REMOVAL OF o faster, do not increase its speed by | er tire covers are no longer favorites| un in jerks? el Matn 486 = o 5 In the matter of improved brake eyl is| of the motorist, because of the exce: 2. Why is heavy ofl or grease used Leaders in Various Circles jaesign for automobiles, says the Sci- | uickly accelerating the engine. This| 8L N7 TOY OTISL 3500 conerated Do ¢ Tl leayy oll or grease used THEIR OFFICES, SALESROOM entific American, it appears that Eu- | |5 & bad habit to acquire, because it|%ween tire and cover. This is due tolir,nanilleale SIOW SPeed beal e Hea: for . ND SERVI DEP . o DaCE A little to |#dds Wear and tear not only to the en-| the fact that the cover was not ce-|and oil of light weight used for bear- eadqwtm A CE ARTMENT Will Meet in Conference at |ropcan manufacturers nave littie to | 578 T TRE EAT ROk only 10 the on- | Hne (o o the casing oF tire; rosulting | and, ©iL,of IEht weight used for bears learn from us just now. TO THEIR NEW BUILDING i 5 in play between the two. Rapid de-|revolve at high speed? - % em, including the tires on the rear| tarforation of tires resulted. e I epCed o A Aatomobile sm s & ing us the | . Ann Arbor Feb. 23. A e R P eriing. The |wheels. Like in breaking the speed of| T It is advisable to use & radiator | mean? 1 | 1522-1524 FOURTEENTH ST. N.W. 3 e abroad takes the | the ol beedl be s o ven when anti- e 8 . How much current does i =] s Al The' future of highway transport|lAtést imnrovement abrosd fakes th he car so should the speed be fm- fOVEE SYSH RNCR M eeRe O & anio much cumment does & palr of Auto Top Coverings 2 = | favmoet o 2 e a < creased, and that way is gradually. ngine, because it aids in heating and [ rent supply used by the electric | and its effect upon the cconomic and { four wheels, replacing the usual type Ui Ll [zt supely used by ine (o = Aatomobile Tools sociological life of the nation. as|of brakes for rear wheels only used A . iercby creating 4 | What s carburetion? | | omob ool Phone North 6462 ¢ into terms of every-day Imess auto S Iventor ha i = ” _mixture both for| § What is two point ignition? mn“r“;d l ,'"ho' -':» the [armr)r el LB S et L i i and nditions. In-| 7. What are some points to observe Iron, Steel and el “:" h) v hiele, jand simplificd four-w A ti i cidentallydrae e go:-w:x;;m} taking care of the electric system = FIRST the city user of the motor vehicle.| £ i £vs 3 as much is wasted by condens of your car? = oo tion on which f an 3 X 1 . 5 ~ SHOWING will be discussed by men nationally | basie patents n the United Sta primary ignition circuit and thereby 5. Would a forced circulating svs- |= Heavy Hardware S known in governmental, industrial|An accident while driving showed this |induce secondary current in the coi - - tem of cooling an engine cause im- |55 r ; - oL e e et ding: | masmeto, Which current Is necessary fengine to 8kip or misfire, particularly | broper cooling and the resulting over- |1E8 v ) Severns and NEW MARCH and educational circles at a confer- | ;g cyreful investigation led him to | to produce a spark at the plugs. The |on low speed. The engine will not |heating of ‘the engine if the pump | == P NASH FOUR FIRST ence to be held at the University of | pelieve that the usual brakes are at di;T rirl:ut;l»r 1sbthe part of the idle prnpo;ly_ if its valves Itmk n&d ;’ifi};;',é";fi“{,‘.if;&,fi'? water should be |= N - 23., the wrong end of the automobile. which distributes this hizh-tension [ will not obtain proper operative effi- 'n? = e O Y %] "It has been found in' fests that a |current to the various spark pluge in | Siency until a sees. of twents miles | 8 How could a slipping cluteh of a The conference is the second re-, ., equipped with a four-wheel brake | the proper firing order. 'In some SyS- |or more per hour is obtained. If valves | the type which does not turn in oil |25 glonal event held under the auspices|system of the proposed design was tems the distributor and timer are leak very badly the engine is apt to bettr\;_ztg;d temporarily so that it wil s t the highway and highway trans-|able to stop in the following dis- bined a8 a unit. but perform the|misfire at all speeds, resulting in in- | ot slip? o % i s of the highway LA Aok ped me functions. The timer is ground- § sufficient power. . Does the exhaust valve of an gants sducation§ commiticesmh i ci while the distribu-| 9. Oil or particles worn from con- |automobile engine remain closed dur- oficials of the university and the{ At 10 miles per hour. In 3 fect. . e e (e e e e el Gl Michigan state highway department| per hour, in 9 feet. ! JJtact > ; v of a piston? as coliaporators. The frst was held per hour. in 20 feet. | 4 I BE 1o or rolier hexr [ betwion points Al of Wi couse b at Pittsburgh and others are planned ed in the front- | pitting of the points, are the chief | (Coprright, 1921. Thompsen Feature Service.) in other sections of the country. Questions Demandinz Study. Back of them is the expressed in tent of the committee to direct t me type of car equipped 1al type of brakes it re- et 1 o o ;| 10. Lubricating oil of a poor grade RECORD PARK TOURING. e mile e e otiibe s automohilo t four and a half | & o e id not be Sied 10 an automobile| o050 roads; the rapil @evelopment requitediwith i ¢ little play in be: te the moving parts. Exc of the automotive industry attention of the public to the ques- ! g ] tomo i 3 ¢ with four-wheel : friction and overheating will 1t. | America First” brought e G e e { If the carburctor mixture is too rich | to the Yellowstone National Park 1 o stimulate sesearch and study alomg |, JB recent experimental brake tests | SIS o tight, it will not only wear|it will tend to overhcat an engine, as | summer, 20.000 more than ever e Hieh i oy ol o o by competent enginecrs it ha quickly. but will heat and also wear | it is considerably slower burning and | the park R e ey e demonstrated that a touring hil e tace 11 which 1o ces It the | carries with it additional heat. If not 'gether, 1 all seats occupied carries the gre A when too Why Push Dead Weight? . The average weight of six well known four-wheel tractors, with horse power rating about the same as the Moline, is 4820 pounds. ‘The Moline-Universal Farm Power Plant weighs 3380 pounds, . practically all of it on the driving wheels. The 1500 pounds used to hold down the front wheels on other types is eliminated. ‘The fuel, oil and depreciation in shoving that extra 1500 pounds g around the field is saved in the Moline. All of the weight on the drive wheels gives the Maline Tractor powerful traction, and remarkable ability to work in soft or forward to degrees in highway trans- | four-wheel brakes make the handling port engineering will offer a broad | of the car an easy matter. field of opportunity to the college| This system of four-wheel brake student. Concurrently the student in [can be applied to any standard car. the grades will need to know some- thing about safety and about the pur- poses and uses of the highways run- TO POPULARIZE FLYING. ning past his door. o |From the Boston Transcript. Program of Conference. Winter-proof motoring coats are ad- The program which has been pre- | vertised. but what is needed worse i pared for the Michigan conference |fallproof aviation costume. will include a discussion of these and | ————— the kindergarten on through the ¢ st S reer e ! bearing is run continuo vocational effort. applied the load is transferred to the [ 204 ruining of the bearing race will ‘ ! g CrMECII™N N With virtually 9.000.000 motor | gF1L065 TR Joad 18 transtetred 16 L0¢ | result | 3 N / ] | of highways of the country, a trained | jg sid to be the principal cause of | C2uSed by defective fuse, lamps out of PN . I A ’ personnel will be needed to administer |\ Gding. With the brakos appiied at | f0CUS. in Which case the lights will be ihe vast sums of money which will [the same time on both front and rear | PTight. but will not penetrate any dis- and maintenance, while literally thou- | be entirely overcome and a much )Storage batteries. poor wiring or old sands of others will be required to|quicker stop can be made. Traveling |_b se at_terminals or a < Blly One and Take One Free, build and operate the fleets of motor |over a wet pavement at a speed of = = = No Red T vehicles which, authorities forecast,|twenty miles per hour, the fonr 0 e ape way and waterway facilities. in its own length. It can round c ¥ - In the opinion of members of incrs at faster speeds than are usu- § Wwe will acll 400 of these well-known Cord Tires | the education committee broadened |ally considered safe with wet pave- engineering. while curricula looking | trol. ' In congested city tratfic the i f 5.000-Mile CORD TIRES of a well known STANDARD MAKE in all sizes, including the vehicles now plying the 2.500,000 miles | ot SE0 T0e Lo Ghe reaction of the | 5. Defects of the lights may be [ ) TN be set aside for highway construction faxles the tendency to skid_is said to | tance ahead. Dim lights, due to weak will shortly be supplementing rail- | wheel-brake car can be stopped wi courses will be necessary in highway | ments, because of the excelient con- Two for the Price of One Famous 30x3% oversize CORD TIRE. NoBODY who knew, ever disputed the exceptional worth of the Hupmobile. Each Tire is a Firat Tire. Each Tire Bears the Factory Name and Serial Numbc . Each Tire Carries Full Factory Guarantee of 8,000 Miles. il ® RARAKRAA Riany other phases of highway trans. YOUR Sterrett & Flemming, Inc. 35x5 Q.-D. or Cl. at 507 Off rough ground. It goes through mud and ditches that stall reputation in their fields. Both of the | % DISTRIBUTORS day sessions will be presided over by United States Commissioner of Educa- tion Claxton, who will also deliver an address in the morning. T. H. Mac- Donald, chief of the bureau of pub- lic roads; Roy D. Chapin, vice presi- Sttt o Syt metle || WIRE WHEELS tractors pushing dead weight on front wheels. If the Moline _Tractor does stick, you have only to throw it into reverse and back out on the tracks you went in on. The implement supplying the rear wheels makes a compact outfit, driven from the seat of the implement, with all controls THE DIXIE TIRE COMPANY 1118 H Street N.E. We have promised the manufacturers of these tires at the time we it we will not advertise the mame. You will kmow them em. We also have a limited Champlain St. at Kalorama Rd. (Below 18th) Phone North 5050 er of Miller Cord Tires. RAERRARRRAR Patrick of the War Department. Require atten tion within convenient reach. It backs and turns easily, gets closer George C. Diehl, chairman of the good :hou?d be inspected e:end ey N N A D SUNDAY] to fences and closer into corners than horses. roads board of the American Automo- 1,500 mil W R CHCEY, _bile Aesociation: Miss Harriet Beard. foiles. e maintain a the safety specialist of the Detroit '| complete service station. V‘Iiflic "?I.::I:l:l Prof. Hdeng ;: Riggs. ¥ FREE INSPECTION civi en, ng. an of. A. H. Blanchard hghway ‘and hignway NATIONAL SERVICE CO. | ransport engineering. Michigan. and ‘actory Stati Charles J. Bennett, state ighwer 2618 Tatt T F 'on commissioner of Connecticut. are e amoug the other speakers of the day. Prof. C. J. Tilden, Yale University, recently mamed director of the na- tional committee. will tell something of the plans of that body, while Wil- liam C. Redfteld. former Secretary of Commerce, and Dr. Marion L. Burton, president of Michigan University, will talk at the evening session in HIll . , Dresident of the Society ferithe premotion of 4 1 preside :nt.llfll-! at whieh “l'm.la S;!d.er of [ndfans Transport an fnal Am::. and A. J. Eroh '"‘el;en tnhh Formerly connected with 3 Jacobi&Montgomery : ; Dupont Garage Co. FarrorBond Senly on To Wheols When Gowms Ars “la™, . . .. Nz 'R. R. GILLINGHAM, Dealer Phone 521-J, Alexandria,.Va. | "~ 3. Try out the 1921 Buick. 1t’s the same rugged, reliable Bulck of the past but with ~ an added megasure of dependabilitfiv, easier control, greater riding comffi and beauty. In the 1921 Buick you also As many a3 4000 m. Now bee 2020 M St. N.W. have a car with a 259, ater investment value the day fathered from 2 single Balm at one bear. Phone Franklin 4200 you wish to sell or trade. We will be glad to give you a demonstration. . ‘ 4 i The matter of present purchasing should receive the im- ? | mediate consideration of motor car buyers. i There’s authorized Buick Service everywhere. i i i ' Cord Tires Regular Equipment from January 1, 1921 STANLEY H. HORNER Retail Dealer § 1015 14th Street Telephone Main 5296 Member Washington Avtomative Trade Association. -, with Two Contrasting Personalities ERE.is a thought: Twenty years of continuous manufacture have taught the makers of Auburn Beauty-SIX to build a motor car which harmonizes greater value with less cost. Carefree and confident! quiedly, swiftly if you will—and en half fuelsations that would starve many 2 lesser powered car. comes that great new flood of power you knowwas WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM The Motor Company of Washington Conn. Ave. and R. 1. Ave., a 3 o . there, awaiting your smmmons, like the mecrve e “Why Don’t You Acquaint the People ' o e In an instant you are in the Peerless Spoeting thousands of Pecsless-ewners know-and rely upon. This sadden change in the chasacter of Peerless learn about it? of Washington With the Wonderful Silent Knight Motor?” —enthusiastically asked a diplomatic representive of a foreign legaftion upon taking delivery of his Willys Knight Touring Car. AND —just as enthusiastically did we respond to the suggestion! Contest Winners! STORAGE BATTERY v ile3se . 31 M' Gould Storage Battery With an ’ Owner’s Service Record of First Pris 5 Years, 1 Month Owned by Mrs. J. M. Tole, Daflas, Tex. 3100 _Among the other winners in the $4,000 Gould Endurance Contest was Mr. H. H. Rhodes of Bandsrr fuggo \ Bl e A L odee THEREFORE, we will conduct at our salesrooms—beginning TODAY | Temngten awarded by us to Mr. Rhodes. His oldorse (Sunday) and ending Thursday, February 17th—the FIRST : o Gould had a service record of 4 vears 8 ; months. i e T i o A KNIGHT EXPOSITION : Battery His Gould Battery had been in service for i Winner 4 years 7 months. : Ever Held in Washington THAT Dreadnaught Plates endow the Gould Storage Battery with exceptional strength and unusual ruggedness was conclusively dem- onstrated in the Gould Endurance Contest re- cently conducted throughout the country. The average service record of all the hundreds of entries was 4 years and 1 month. The famous Knight “Cut-away” Exhibition Chassis will be demon- strated in action by a representative of our factory and the daily EVENING program will be supplemented by motion pictures, showing briefly the process of manufacture. We Cordially Invite You to Attend HARPER-OVERLAND COMPANY, Inc. 1128-30 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Carbon makes the silent sleeve valve Willys-Knight Motor more efficient. What does it do to your motor? Let us tell you about it. We can supply a Gould Battery in the ex- actly right size to replace the battery on your car. Buy a Gould—the battery of longest life by owners’ records. X W [ - Doubleday-Hill Electric Co. Wholesale Distributors 715 12th St. N.W. Wash., D. C Valuable Territory in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina Open for Live Dealers and Service Sta Write at Once for Contract. THE TREW MOTOR CO. Telephone Main 4173 14th St. at P