Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1921, Page 64

‘THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 23, 1921—_PARR 3. SEES AI-I- AMERIE A EXPERT TELLS “Y” AUTO SCHOOL 5™ futte & "euats Soaties SOON QN WHEELS e — several conditions, among which is the temperature. Water will be re- quired more frequently in summer ter has been added, and be guided by their indications. “Readings less than 1.225 but more painted red. = The negativé s usually |than 1.150 Indicate @ battery whigh |than in the winter. It 15 a good plan ABO' [’I’ STORAGE BAT’]"ERIES marked ‘meg,’ or else with a minus sign |is less than half charged. 1f the bat- |to add water once a week fn egin. or painted blank. The battery and|tery, is equipped with an electric|mer and every other weck in winter. ,cable terminals should be made thor od , 088hly clean and the surfaces which are eparalors. Vacrage the lead coating from the cable ;&‘"?"‘i":’:fi'{ ey, Dorons *"";“;,3{ terminals. A heavy coating of vaseline peried otw ACHR D! should be applied to the surface of thc starter, care should be taken to use the lumps and the starter sparingly until lh( readings become Ligher than 250. there is no charging gener- ator on lhr car it is time to give the battery a bench charge. When long d: water should L more frequently. ight runs are mad: Roland = B. Whitehurst, member dded added somewhat American Institute of Electrical En- gineers and manager of the Electric Storage Battery Company, deiivered an address recently before the Y Auto School, 1728 G street norihwent, ed an clement by being assemb) with the positive group dovet See Us d We have a special credit plan . = tuking for this subject “Automobilé jand negative order to keep “Readings less than 1150 indieate . 1 Starting and Lighting " Batteries.” | them out of mechanicl contact. This | terminals, and when the connection is|that the battery is completely dis- The foll i ayment and. the monthl Alfred Reeves, National Auto y f mec onta % | thoroughly and completely tightened up | e owing table gives the cash E y! d mo! y Mr. Whitehurst sald, in par! is necessary because if any part of onw |y FCEN (L S on whould be given & charged, in which case the I_..n';‘.;’r‘?r‘. should be given a bench charge. discharged condition may be due to| need for adjustment in the gcncr-‘ ng system. If the reading of one cell differs from the others by fifty points or| 'S AgO a Btor: t, ofl, gas and insurance few battery | group should get in contact with an- was unknown In_sutomobiling - Dur. { siher It would for:n a short circuit.in- ing the last ten years, however, by the | side a ce as u wire connected be- | use of storage batteries, we hive all | tween the. torminaly would form a short | cars electrically started fnstead of | circuit outside of the cell. Before being being started by hand. As a result |used the wood separators are given a payments, w (fire and theft). Sedan h include war tax, freigl heavy coating of vaseline. This is very important In order to prevent any con- nection trouble. The battery should | be sccurely fastened in place by means of some holding device, and if the bat- tery is installed In an inclosing box C. of C. Manager Tells of Progress. CORD and FABRIC NON-SKID & RIB $263 Cash $46 Monthly Coupe s Monu-ly 'l‘ > ATLANTI . N. J. October 22.|there is now considerable interest in |special treatment to remove substances i more, it indicates loss of electrolyte | il . ouring 35 Month Roadster $31 A‘I:u‘t.hl —“With : gC:T‘;u or{au n for pas. | (he. equipment "which furnishes the | which would be harmful to_the plates. | S48 SROR BF, [2eh ot one Of the Lor” wrongful addition of electrolyte | At Lowest Prices in the City $33 Monthly onthly otor transportatio; Pas- | power to start the automobile—that |They are also grooved on the side which | VeRtllating holes are clogged. Jor, internal trouble in the battery. |} 32x37; $9.00 x4y, § sengers and merchandise now taking |is, the storage battery. | goes against the positive plates, and in o abfity mn‘{ “':I AR L‘f 2t If the car is to be laid up for the | A $ & 2 14.00 w B F- tlo {its rightful place in the transporta-| “What IS a storage battery? It is|some types of batteries a perforated | fention, but that HtUe is absolutely | .;icrthe battery should be put in| SEnd i) 3Sx4l: S15.00 on I'mance rporation tion of the natlon, a few years more [SUMPLY & device for ctoring energy at | rubber wheet is insorted between the [IECeSSEy SN0 NS (ST 0, Elve | broper storage. One thing above || 33x4 $1L00 36x4%: $16.00 : 5 may be used some | wood separator and the positive plate. " D e L e else Wl 6 e _] X 6.00 Contin Trust Bld il see Amerlca on wheels, with mil- | time later. Energy i put into it in _“The clement th mbled i | Teesitod tn many hatierics weating oot e e b §‘,§}./ z:;:: 2‘3"! < ntinental Trus 8. ons of motor cars and trucks co-|the form of electricity and delivered 4 in ‘" far and 4 cover put over it, |1 hal P time I WOMM Move taken | N e slonlaNesatet on ol 5x5 $16.00 Phone Franklin 5300 | ordinating their service with the rail- | from it in the same form. The process cover Delng provided with holes f this attention had Leen given. This BIC€ TR0 S5, 0 conditions, ex (| 33X4%5_ $1300 37x5 $16.00 ways, waterways and trolleys,” de-Of putting energy into the battery is | through which the terminal posts of the : {106 8 fol-f ccpt under the guidance of a skilled bat- | AS a Special Introductory Offer cdlled charging. When the battery is jclared Alfred Reeves in his address | gelivering energy it 1s discharging ‘before the annual convention of the On automobiles it is used s a roser- clement are passed and another hole | through which the cell can be filled wi clectrolyf S pla electrolyte. This cover is very carefully | PS¢y S0 Add nothing but pure water to re- | Lery man, should any acid be placed | evaporation. Do this often enough | in the cell. The reason it is necessary | the plates covered, and in|to add water and never to add any- FREE: Zreget shis 0" Moncay 2 or Tuesday 4 low you estre 8 isegunt T VL 8k = o c——=] EE E National Hardware Association to-|voir from which cnergy is supplied |scaled around the edges of the cover |10 u i o] e 1o} E B to crank the engine, Hght the 1amps |and jar and around the terminal posts | reezing weather do not add it until | thing else is that the water in the| ¥ and supply sparks for ignition. The |of the positi and negative groups Just before using the battery. Keep | electrolyte ev porates, but the sul-| the conne BARGAIN SALE United States. “More than 900,000 motor trucks |energy Ko uwed. 1n autolmatioatly re. and 8,300,000 passenger Cars are now |stored by the car's generator when storage battery The essentials of a battery are two plates in a solution. which make up the element. We now have a complete cell unit. A number Oll sulphuric acid and water, having a_spe- vaseline. and the battery dry and clean. Istered. . This years production |the engine is ranni ! Take | V¥ 'be in excesn of 1,100,000, and with | he, engine i running faster than a | hese ccll units ussembled I oo |hydrometer readings every month at | the plates. Just how often it will be 1623 14th St. N.W. the demana continuing there should | SSEfRin 8Deed, | 11v be of some in- |ar fing broperly conneeted {OBCther |any time except Immediatly after wa- | necessary to add water depends upon | ",’g'-, g‘;}‘g;‘ ‘7;"‘“3;‘:1'2“‘:"1:“1"“ ,000,~ l;re;l ttwlxl- sou to tkno:v something of | complete Il:;uler . the detalls of construction of a typical | *The electrolyte which is ‘used in au- half million miles of highwaya in the tomobile batteries is a dilute solution of jon tight and covered with Keep the fllling plugs tight phuric acid does not. The adding of water fs necessary (o keep the level | of the electrolyte above the tops of (Incorporated.) The Reebilt Tire Co. OF PAIGE “Truly we are a nation on wheels, cific gravity of approximately 1.270 to The solutfon is called electrolyte and and the terrors of a railroad strike slfiufErusity of approsimately 1370540 are lessened by an assurance to the |ACtS on the plates in such a wiy as to public of transportation facllities that ‘l\(\ one of them a tendency to de- |electrolyte is an indication of whether will not make it Sulel? dependent on liver a current of electricity and to{or not the battery is charged or ("g,. ihe result of the conflict between the | the |)U|Lr a tendency to draw in cur- | charged. These hydrometer readings j Used, rebuilt and demonstrating cars. FfGads ana he “Whions, 5 B (e ndency T | e obiained by ! | Ally of Raiiroads. den\er is called the positive and the i S ohan Also many cars of other standard makes | “Our people demand the best form | ay i plate arew a8 possivie bn -:{ (r..\.nlsrlnor{n.hm(n. and (h: m'filor ¥ o8 a e sitabl te from the and in- — cle. whether for merchandise, for iy, % P ot P Tom g o and some repainted. B linent oF tar indiviausl service | Ly nod, toe “‘_m‘,‘,,.&{,"‘,‘. eIt e el | it o e et e will, on meritorious performance, se- i cell are burned together 1o one strup. | nar: l]l which we ! f | fl cure its share of patronage, with their proper share going to' the railroads, trolleys and waterways. Bach has lts elpfu n- . El‘»‘fii:.‘.’;“’xfié’cl'mi‘?é‘my" of. {'he na);lun‘ thus forming the negative group. The Ifor it is admitted that nothing, except | composition in the positive .plate all more or less famili | printing, has done so much for civill- [brown peroxide of lead and in the| nuou as transportatio; r .zative plates gray Epongy In installing a storage lm.hx ar and connecting it 1o the - should ulw be taken to follow m n in the car or in :al system instruction book. tive post of the battery should be connected to the pos svster id_the nes and all [ar oo g a negative plates for the same cell are | burned together to another strap.| positive group, Prices range from $200 to $2,000. PARKHURST MOTOR CO. 1028 Conn. Ave. - === E—EI.--_l\il ith its 33,000 dealerq and 35,000 { The positive groups und negativ nragu. its $2,000,000,000 worth of nto what i motor vehicles; a billion-dollar tire industry, its consumption of a b'llion dollars in gasoline and oil and three- quarters of a billion dollar parts and accessory industry, including leather, steel, copper, cotton and other raw materials, anything that affects the increased use of motor vehicles will seriously aifect the entire country. Highways Open to AlL “The highways program is making rapid progress. because every one ap- preciates the tremendous iIncrease in land values that comes from highway building. Best of all, the highways, like our waterways, improved with public money brings increased returns to the public. They are free for every ane to use. No motor vehicle has exclusive rights over any highway. | “In the Interests of better servicc| to the public, progressive railroads and trolley systems are adopt!ng mo- tor trucks and motor busses to re- place short lines or to act as feeders to main lines. et o= Your Foot on a Buick Brake dispensalle. Big cities are the poor- i - AR A Gets Results We'll mateh the Tire Prices with equally great S e TAlnesiinRuNen: in cities of. more than 500,000 in- I Buick brakes, like Buick cars, don’t fail. Easy to operate, easy to adjust, positive ' | in their action—Buick brakes provide that factor of safety so necessary today. Buick invites comparison. groups are made ui | L OUR TIRE HOUSE The more one “shops” for Tires the more thoroughly he is convinced that for DE- DENDABLE Tires this house has them all undersold. INVESTIGATE THESE OFFERS: I Known to Users of ' J IGHTNING MOTOR FUEL Nowadays you keep ’em running the year round—no winter lay-off because of persistent trouble in starting. And there's a rea- son.—it’s LIGHTNING! It conquers the cold motor—warms it up in a jiffy and gives 25% to 35% more mileage, more power—smooth running—without the carbon evil and the snare-drum knocking. Winter or summer is all alike to LIGHTNING—it'll get you off instantly. remack- We now have 10,000 motor trans- port lines; 650 organized bus lines, CORD TIRES—# - able purchase o including 150 in cities, exclusive of of 30x374-in. Cords....uuveennnnn motor busses transporting children to CHAS. E. MILLER, Inc. !and from 6,000 rural schools. Over 28 Years in the Tire Business in Washington Autemenite 1 Ty Quertaxed. Based on the false idea that motor 812 14th St. 4 Doors Above H St. " vehicles are ldxuries, our people have been heavily overtaxed. Last.year we pald taxes individual to our own {industry of more than $316,000,000. including taxes on.sgles, registering I cars and drivers, gasoline. wheel il | tuxes and similar imposts. ~ A surv shows that 60 per cent of:all auto-| . mobile mileage is for business pur-| liflt | poses and 90 per cent of 3ll gars are| Uil { usea more or less for businss. Vet.| IMMEDIATE DELIVERY PRICES PRICES 5 = in the face of all of these handicaps; 1,043 ! . Y America on wheels has become an ac- e i ‘ se |y - famplished fact ? . "X;ms' dn:try’ second 'onlv im 1,610 é I Hlll i steel among American manufacturing 1,785 o i illll { industries, has gone through the re- = - o S { [ Whil w P . Y Uil | aasustment in fne fashigm. primarily :::”-'l: jsoThe shove are prices de- Wholesale Dealers in Gasoline, Greases, Lubricating Oils and Kerosene l I e We Paint Yours - nxton. because the advantage of lower prices SOLE DISTRIBUTORS Phones: West 166; Rosslyn 210, Rosslyn, Va. |for cars was advertised and given idirect to the pubiic. “Car production in September was 4 per cent less than August and & per_cent of September of last yea P T R e STANLEY H. HORNER Retail Dealer 1015 14th Street N.W. Telephone Main 5296 l We. furnish you a car at i a cost not to exceed the amount | | you pay to operate your own car and give you a paint job equal to if not better than the original. WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM Carburetors Jullien and Bartram 1018 14th St. N.W. Phone Main 7841 SPEEDOMETER REPAIRING AUBURN Beauty-Six Today’s Aubum is the Result of Twenty-one Years’ Experience in Motor Car Building. Semmes Motor Company 613 G St. N.W. I Phone Main 6660 Ty 8 A ) ' A ¥y V, Chalmers Owners Will Tell You the Truth "The truth about the Chalmers will be ; told by any Chalmers owner. He will zell how finely the Chalmers performs under all driving conditions; how it slows down and picks up in traffic, or slips silently along the country road. Accept No Imitation— No Excuse There’s only one Speed Wagon—and that’s a Reo. 5 When you hear a salesman apply the term Speed Wagon to a truck that never saw the Reo shops— You will realize he is paying the highest com« pliment that can be paid to this world leader. There is only one Speed Wagon—because that term was coined and copyrighted by Reo. “If it isn’t a Reo, it isn’t a Speed Wagon.” THE THEW MOTOR CO. 4 14th Street at P Telephone Main 4173 - Reo Motor Car Company, -Lansing, *lichigan He will tell you about the low up-keep and maintenance charges and what a fine investment it is. Motor ‘Company of Washington « 28th and M Streets N.W. Telephone West 710 ' By all means get the truth about the i Chalmers from any Chalmers owner. NEW COURSES - Will_be -offered ln Ihe emfl:‘hllr recon- structed section of YMCA An!c Sehuol Beginning Oct. 24, 7 P.M. START[NG AND LIGHTING S A practical course for those who wish to specialize in- un e lectrical equipment of the automoble. OVERHAUL!NG COUBSE for thowe who wish 1o her e Automobile rade o 1o become Detter repairmen, ete. OTHER COURSES OWNERS’ COURSE 1321-23 14th Street Telephone Main 4105 102020101010 s, ” e R l ' H. B. LEARY, Jr. | N g MOTOR CARS Hours: 4:43 t0 6:15 or 7:00 to 10:10 p.m. N r 5 FOR MECHANICS 2 N 3 ' Day and Evening Clasie: NS - DRIVING COURSE oo N . 1132-34 Connecticut Avenue Pact_scholarabipy for- ex-aervice men,’ N Telephone Main 6660 - ‘YMCA Auto School 1736GSLNW Mdnm