Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1922, Page 57

THE (<] SATURDAY NIGHT Attendance Records Expect- ed to Be Broken—All Ex- hibition Space Sold. Next 3 Saturday night is the “big time” for Washington motoring en- thusiasts. Every one—their brother: sisters, wives, cousins. nephews, nieces. in-laws and plain friends— Will be there when the doors of Con- vention Hall are thrown open on the spring edition of the automobile show. Held under the auspices of the Washington Automotive Trade Asso- ciation, the exhibit, which will be- gin Saturday night. close Sunday and open Monday for the rest of the week, is_expected to ecli) any pre- vious effort of the association. Record Attendance Expected, Not only is the show expected to be better and more comprehensive than ever before, but indications point to a record-breaking attend- ance. With both shows in New |low the National pike. Starting from York and Chicago crowded to the | Fhiladeiphia, go straight west on 1I|de! e i s | National pike through Cumberland, | doors. and previous shows in this|g ” Uniontown. Pu; Washington city likewise a jam of humanity, it | Pa: Wheeling, W. Va.; Zanesville, may be necessary to limit the num- | Ohio; Columbys, Qhio; Springfield, ber of people allowed in the building | Ohlo; Dayton, Ohio: Eaton. Ohio; | at one time. At the recent New | Richmond. Ind.; Indianapolis, Ind. York exhibit the doors were cloged | Terre Haute, Ind.. Efngham. Il and locked fifteen minutes after they had been opened on the first night. so Zreat was the crusk. Police were called to untangle the trafic jam in the stree space for exhibitors is now 1d out. Spaces have been allotted and the arrangement worked out in a systematic manner. Cars, in most ses, are being given final grooming preparztory to being hauled up the long gangway into the hall and into their places. Rush Cars From Factory. A good many dealers are experi- eucing difficulty in getting their » to this city in time for the show. Several are making plans to rush the cars here from the fac- tory at the Jast minute and others are sending men to the factory to drive away the car: Anyway ‘no one will pointed—that is. among the tators—because practically all be disap- spec cars will be represented and Washington | motorists and prospective motorists can take their pick. GAIN IN CAR SHIPMENTS. Carload shipments for automobiles at the beginning of 1 showed a 130 per cent gain over u Year ago. Reports of sales conditions from all over the count W improvement. Jack Bartram has announced that the Bartram Motor Company, local distributors for the Lincoln motor cars, would open their new show- room at 1749 Rhode lsland avenue to- morrow. A formal opening will be held during the coming week, with a complete display of Lincoln cars on exhibit Kenneth L. Frye has been appointed distributor in t(his territory for the Liberty car. Several of the new models have arrived and are on_ display at the showroom. 14th and V streets. EST SPRING ROUTE OUTTOCALIFORNIA Chandler Bureau Advises Sante Fe Trail for Travel Up to May 1. - Announced less than thirty days ago, the Chapdler touring bureau, with headquarters in Cleveland, is swamped *with requests for touring information. This service is free to the owners of Chandler cars. Many inquiries come from northern people who are spending the winter in Florida. and who request routes over the best roads to their various homes. Next in number come the requests from eastern people who are planning trips to California. For the benefit of any motorist anticipating a Cali- fornia trip before May 1, the Chandler bureau advises the following itin- erary: The southern route, known as the Santa Fe trail, is decidedly the best for early spring The first leg of the trip would fol- Route of Lee Highway from New York to Florence, Ala. (Muscle Shoals) 'Mfl\og : East St. Louls, IIl ,. The route to St. Louis is in excellent condition, the Illinois ! section having been completed late in 1. | Vandalia. 11 Louls, Ma. Across Missouri the route is via St. ‘Warrenton, Fulton, Glasgow, Marshall, Independence, Kansas City, and will be fair to good if dry, but heavy going if wet. Via National Ol Tralls Road. ‘West of Kansas City the route is| | via the National Old Trails road through the following towns: | Answers to Last Week’s Questions. | 1. Electric current is produced in a storage battery by the acld in the battery solution combining with ac- tive material of plates in each cell. Grithe, Osage, Council Grove, Ma- | The material on these plates Is made rion, McPherson, Lyons, Great Bend,|of & composition containing red lead Larned, Dodge City, Gorden City.|and sulphuric acid, used for positive Kendall, Syracuse, Kans. Holll2 | plates, and litharge and sulphuric Trinidad, south across Ruton Pass|acid for negative plates. Active ma- into Rafon. Mex.: Springer. Las ! terlal on positive plates is called lead | Vegas, Santa Albuquerque, Isleta. | peroxide, and negative plate matarial ‘3;‘5,:'{“:“‘;'r,f'.‘,‘.:,':,‘fl‘:le'f\';i,_;""m is spongy metallic lead. Thus, when | John, Petrified ® Forest. Holbrook, acid of the battery solution unites Winglow, RINgsiar v illiams, ASH | with the material on the plates elec- L e Kimaman. Tusca, |tricity is created chemically. Topock, Ariz; Needles, Cai; Goffs,| 2. A tire will be less durable and | Cadiz, | Barstow. Victorvilie, San|of shorter life if used under- Bernardino, Pasudena, Los Angeles. | jnnated, because of the friction and Road Types Vary. | . 5 s loosening effect upon it caused by he route west of Kansas varies : Sty . | trom natural dirt to wtone. gravel und 1he tire hendiyE fUEhel 56 Ite fexine | sometimes send: withough roads in| - ;.eq bending. particularly at the this section are not the same tybe a8 yi,..q sige walls, will tend to loosen those in the east, a great deal of|the rubber from the fabric beneath. work 18 done to keep them in condi- nd may even separate the various tion, and they will be found In g""‘”lnycm of fabric if underinflation is good shape for travel over practically | lavers of fabric if und thesentire route- | chances of the tire being punctured, The Grand Canyon can be visited | chance: T 3 by going north from Flugstaff, Ariz. | 45,4 Wider surface is In contact with | This is the only route feasible at this | time of year. the more nartherp’.u'ugl:’e“fa:x :fl;:-‘;‘,}:’a;p":!' :’; | routes being closed by snow until{ pisefire, especially when the throttle [ 1ate sprin |is closed, because the piston, not re- ceiving & heavy charge of fuel with vy Closed throttle will draw open the HEAVY MOTOR TRAFFIC. | (i, valve by suction, sdmittng Traffic counts by the United States part of the burned gasses just forced bureau of public roads show that 97.3 | out of the eylinder, and consequently per cent of the vehicles on the Cali- | weakening the fresh fucl charge to & fornla highways are motor propelled. | point where it will not ignite. Motor trucks constitute 12.48 per cent, 4. Listening to an engine as it 1s in of the total traffic. operation and when its speed is sud- ALA. \GEORGIA | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR THE AUTOMOBILISTS denly accelerated will indicate if there are any bearing knocks. To locate the loose bearings, if all do not knock, remove the oilpan, place a finger on the edge of bearings and have some one rock the crankshaft, using the hand crank. Looseness in bearings can be felt, by the person touching the bearings. Locate uppet connecting rod bushing or wear by rocking the crankshaft while pressure is appiled with the hand to tops of pistons, or better still reach up from beneath and place fingers on pin and bearings to feel for looseness. 5. A carburetor giving best results on an engine of one make may not give satisfaction on an engine of an- | other make. Each make of engine! usually has a carburetor of a certain design, changes being made even in the same make of carburetor for a different engine. 6. The universal joint usually calls for a very heavy oil as & lubrieant. wristpin | MOTORISTS INTERESTED | IN NEW TIRE WARRANTY | = | Manufacturers Believe Plan to Be | More Equitable Than Mile- age Guarantee. Motorists are vitally Interested in the operation of the manufacturers'| standard warranty, which has now | been adopted by ninety-four leading tire manufacturers, representing more than $0 per cent of the total tire production. Reaponsible manu- facturers of customer to each tire. The warranty lnsures cus- tomers sgainet any reasonable loss of service which might fall within the manufscturer's control due to workmanehip and material. The real object of the manufac- turers' standard warranty is to re- vive absolute fairness throughout tire | replacements as a whole. Through the warranty it is expected that all tire users will come {nto the careful class, with the exception of those who are willing to pay for abuse. Every customer now pays his own way. The warranty is uniformly as just to the customer who uses his tire carefylly as to the customer who fails to care for them. At first it seems logical to judge a tire by the miles it has run. But after consider- ing the effects that operating condi- tions have for and against mileage. Miller tire men go one step further uge the tire’s performance by rvice that has been taken out ) | | of it. A tire has 2 given amount of strength. When used up the tire is worn out. This strength cannot be gauged by the wear or mileage a tread alone shows, but must be judged by general appearance and condition of the tire as a whole. This gives the advantage to those who deserve it. . e REMODELS FOR AUTOS. {Firm of R. McReynolds & Sons, Inc., Makes Progress for New Line. The firm of R. McReynolds & Sons, | Inc., recently sppointed Washington representatives for the Willys-Knight and Overland automobiles, has al- ready made substantial progress in | remodeling its place of business, 1423, 1426 and 1427 L street, to handje the new line. The structure has a front- age of sixty feet. The west section is being specially decorated to serve as the showroom. It will have a new stone and glass front. In the rear and adfoining will be 2 salesmen’s recep- tion room. The present office, in the east seotion of the first floor front, will be transformed into a rest room. primarily for woman customers and visitors. The entire rear section of the ground floor will be the service station. with entrances from Vermont court. On the second floor front will be the new executive offices and the AUTO INDUSTRY VITAL TOWORLD C. C. Hanch Says Car Repre- sents Highest Type of In- dividual Transportation. The automotive industry is as fun- damentally vital to world progress a8 is the steel industry, talk to the contrary notwithstanding, in opinion of C. C. Hanch, vice president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and executive vice pres- ident of the Lexington Motor Com- pany of Connersviile, Ind. Mr. Hanch is one of the pioneers in the industry. He has grown up with it, 80 to speak. Mr. Hanch says: “Human nature has not changed. | Every man, woman and child in all | etvilized countries would like to own an automobile. This is both logical and natural, as the automobile rep- resents the highest type of individual transportation which the human mind has yet conceived. “It is just as natural to walk as it is to eat, and 50 long as human be- ings walk there will be a universal desire for efficient individual trans- portation. ‘Will Still Buy Autos. “Wars may come and wars may go, but people will still buy automobiles until some genius perfects a better | method of transportation. Such a }genius is nowhere in sight. | tomobile industry is therefore based | upon absolutely sound premises. | “The individua! wealth of the world is just as great as it was be- fore the war: in fact, in some places it is much greater. People are not going to quit buying because gov- ernments may be temporarily hard up. Human nature will respond to the instinctive desire to buy and sell just as rapidly as Interferences with their commercial intercourse are minimiged or removed. Great Movement in United States. | _“It nappily transpires that there is in the United States today the great- est movement in the world's history looking to the removal of interfer- ences with commercial _intercourse between the peoples of the earth. | ‘The consequences of this move- iment cannot be calculated. It Js | plain to be seen, however, that one i of the most important results will be | quarters for the bookkeepers and stenographers. According to William E. McRey- nolds, active head of the firm. the long-standing business of automobile, wagon and carriage building and re- It is known as timing gear ofil, and has more consistency than heavy cy inder oil. 7. Brakes of both rear wheels sel- dom take hold at the same time when applied. Sometimes, if the brakes are not given proper attention, one will grib hard and slide the tire before the other tightens on its ding, or at least wear of a tire and fabric of the tight brake. Elininate the trouble by inspection and regula- tion of the brakebands. If fabric is worn and slips renew the fabric and adjust the brake without delay. An equalizer bar in the mechanism tends to overcome uneven pressure of brakes, but quickest and most reli ble action will be obtained by not re Iving entirely upon the equalizer, but on correct adjustment, as even fine adjustment sill not insure absolute unison. . 10 days! Ten day they go! Every car is chanicall painted. new! Telephone We are going to sell every used car we have in Price will do it! Here With few exceptions every ctar has been re- They look like SPRING SALE LEARING THE DECKS Every Used Car in This Place Will Be Sold in Ten Days Cash Jordan—All Models Lafayette Torpedo Lafayette Touring’ Roamer Touring Roamer Sedan Cole Touring Stutz Bearcat Stutz Coupe Jordan Touring Haynes Touring Winton Touring Cadillac Touring s! A=1 me- ing. Pick One and Hurry Down North 628 terms if you say so. Open cars—Closed cars! Coupes, Tourings, Se- dans and Sport cars. Take a look at the big list in the center—Read it! The big sale starts bright and early Monday morn= 151 7 Conn. Ave. WALKER MOTOR CO. drum. The re- | sult of this irregular braking is skid- | | | | pairing and painting is not affected by the addition of the automobile les feature, if you please— To build, not merely an exceed- :rglm:duhwld thefact the lessening of the tayation burdens { tions. The mere prospects of lessen- | ed taxation burdens will encourage optimism and promote the buying im- | pulse. This spells substantial sales of all desirable things. Of all de- | sirable things offered for sale there | is nothing on a more fundamentally sound basis than the automobil the | The au-| {of the citizens of the principal na-! There are dozens of different brands of Gear Lubricants on the market — but only —EBONITE. That’s why particular motorists say “EBONITE” when buying gear lubri- cation. | BAYERSON OIL WORKS, | Manufacturers, Erie, Pa. Pennsylvania Petroleum Products of Autocrat Motor Oil EBONIT For Transmissions and Differentials | i | | | i | ik AUTO SHOW | March 25th—-April 1st, Inclusive CONVENTION HALL Fifth and L Streets N.W. Displaying a Complete Line of Passenger Cars and Accessories AUSPICES OF WASHINGTON AUTOMOTIVE TRADE ASSOCIATION | | ! ! { RESOLUTION motorcar,butamotor itself establish ofitssu, excellence: Tobringtothistask the fruits of twenty years' experience as lurgist To employ of this car of his precision of mn.nufictureq:i:lt makes possible the highest qual- ofg"o::lbhlnnmah:l;g:n a com- ity , manufacturer, metal- and for the building hisnew ente resolution of C. Harold Wills, the designer and builder of the Wills Sainte Claire. Claire miles, mile, mile s offer the Wills® final achievement. To this task with that murs' without which no great creative work Since the inception of his rprise, this has been the Todaymillions of Wills Sainte every mile & na;hfi evidence of Mr., TOURING CAR . $2478 IMPERIALSEDAN . $3578 ROADSTER . . . 2473 TOWNCAR. .. . 3850 COUPE. - . « « 3275 LIMOUSINE. . . . 3850 SEDAN . . . . . 3478 (F. O. B. Maryoville) STERRETT & FLEMING, Inc. Below Eighteenth Street Champlain Street at Kalorama Road North §050