Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1922, Page 75

name of the headlight lenses,” said the commissioner. “Of course, If the applicant does not have the proper lenses there is no use in issuing him license tags. He would be arrested sooner or later for having improper | lenses. This can be prevented by not | issuing_ tags until the owner of the | has complied with the | 3,000 PERSONS REFUSED | MARYLAND AUTO TAGS | Improper Lenses Given as Cause covering the cost of the license. for Return of Apbli- The Rumanian legation automohile issued the following statemen regulation cations. Soscil Dispateh TR s It was also stated at the commis “There is no foundation whatever oS EREIoRfCli el s sloner's office that several hundred o 3 RA“TIMORE, December 16.—Du e Hon kS roc Hicanzailtncailiaval| R achoumepostsfiwnich fnayeganpeatod tmpreper headlight le approxi- | have been returned to the applicants i & certain number of American mately 3.000 owners of automobiles | because they have neglected to state | newspapers regarding an estrange- who have applied for 1 license | the muke of lenses on their machines. | ment in the Rumanian royal family. s tags have had their appl s re 25,000 applicants for the! The statement referred to published turned to them by E. Austin Raugh- | 1gs have already been |reporty that Prince Carol of Rumania, the commissioner. 150,000 owners of automobiles have ! had left his rdyal bride, pplications. 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E. DENY ROYAL QUARREL. here has Over | renouricing his cjaims to the throne, formerly to return Washington Youth Wins . Good Roads Essay KARL G. PEARSON, Seventeen-year-old student in East- High School, whose emsay on od Ronds Are Developing My unity” won the unnual H. S. Firextone four-yenr university schol arxhip. Approximately 250,000 high school xtudents competed for the honor in & contest conducted by the highway edueation board. The scholarship ix the greatest single ed- ucational nward offered in the United States. The national judes were Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of Agri- culture; George Horace Lorimer, ed- itor of the Saturday ening Post, and Dr. John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton Universit: Karl G. Pearson Is Awarded University Course for Good Roads Essay. WINS SCHOLARSHP el Karl G. Pearson, seventeen-year- old student in Eastern High School, the highway education board today. | Pearson is a native of Lindsborg, Kan. Title of Winning Essay. essay, entitled “How Good Are Developing My Commu- was chosen as the best of ap- proximately 2 submitted in a contest operation of extension divisions state universities and state depart- ments of public instruction. _The scholarship, given annually b S { Firestone, Akron. Ohio, for the bes essay on a subject pertaining to good tre provides tuition and all rea- { sonable expenses during four years fat college, and is the greatest single ducational award offered in the | United States. It is valued at not {less than $4.060. A distinguished edi- < referred ‘one of the best Pearson’s essay wa® chosen process of elimination, the three best from ecch high school in the United { i x States territorial possessions H i i being ted to the respective state organizations conducting the contest in co-operation with the high- tion board s hose the best es- espective common- way educ These institut ¥s from thef { wealths, awarded {ow nd submitted ifrom each s {ington. D shn J Tigert. te. ommissioner of edus { chairman of the bhoard. n national judges to review manuseripts and to award the scholar- ship. The national judges were | Henry €. Wallace, Secretary of Agri- culture; George Horace Lorimer, edi- tor of the Saturday ening Post, and DY. Johit Grier Hibben, president of Princéton University Honorable Mention. Honorable menti in the was given the essays prepared by : Harold O. Beach, Dundee, . Y.. and Miss Lorene Hobbs, Cheyeénne, Wyo. Young Pearson, th his parents, ame to the District of Columbia in 11920 from Lindsbor; Kan. He is of wed: parentage vas written he was sixteen v nd a junior in F tern High i He c tes his high school educa- tion this year, and will enter college next autumn under the terms of the scholarship, which provides that he ay attend any college or university United States. He is editor of sterner, his high school paper, and for two years has eived one of | the annual medals for seholarship. He {says his ambition ix to complete a i the best essay ate to the board in Wash- United contest rs old course in political science which will ! prepare him for the bar, and that he | “has hopes of making a success of imyself as a lawyer, and ultimately serving the country as a clean poli- tician.’ In commenting on the selection of Pearson’s essay, George Horace Lori- mer, editor of the Saturday Evening Posf, says: “I feel that, all factors considered, the essay by Karl G. Pearson is the best of the series. The obvious facts that are stressed in all the essays are, in this one, presented in a more interesting fashion. It ! shows less outside influence and more i originalit | The fourth annual offer { scholarship is now being made by the i highway education board, Willard { building, which will send particulars { upon request of the ! Everything You II Want Good to look at—better to drive—and, best of all, eco- nomical in first cost and upkeep! That’s the Davis. See it—then decide! Rine Motor Sales Co., 1612 14th Street i { { won the Harvey S. Firestone four-|ifal power. vear university scholarship offered in No Large Force Needed. connection with the 1922 national| je does not belleve that a large good roads essay contest, according ed to announcement from the offices of of “innine o | THE OWNER-DRIVER’S by a { ate prizes of their | Vhen his essay | chool. | _— STANDARD SOLEAT FOR GASOLINE en by Maryland Auto- mobile Club. | | Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 16.—A cam- | paign for the adoption of a standard for determining the quality of gaso- |line may be undertaken by the Auto- {mobile Club of Maryland, which has |referred the question to its board of | 8overnors for study, at the sugges- | tion of Dr. A. R. L. Dohme | According to Dr. Dohme, the Auto- {mobile Club is enthusiastic in its support of the idea, and the board of | 8overnors, after making a thorough | investigation of the problem, would | {Instruct its counsel, Edgar Allan Poe, ;1o draw up the legislation necessary jto put the plan”evolved into effect. Difiiculty Seen. The objection s been raised by some that it would be difficult to put Dr. Dohme's. idea into practical op- eration. From the polnt of view of the chemist, it seems, it would be easy enough to establish a standard by which the quality of all gasoline might be judged. Spencer” A. Covell, now gas cngi- neer for the public’ service commis- slon and formerly connected with the {United States buremu of standards, {explained that gasoline is made up of {a number of Tiquids called hydro- jcarbons, which volatilize at different { temperatures. A desirable gasolinc j Would be one which volatilized over a {small range of temperatures and | comparatively low. If a maximum I volatilization temperature were es- | tablished and the content of water and other inert matter specified, Mr. i Covell said, fixing a standard would be relatively easy, as would the s of samples for alleged viola- Disagrees With Id Mr. Covell was not inclined to agree with Dr. Dohme, however, when the latter said that the plan could be put into operation with little diffi- lculty. Unless all the gasoline used! | in Maryland were refined in th ! and all the “gas” refined in this & were used here. he pointed out, a na- tional act would be required, and cven then enforcement would be difficuit. Otherwise, with no such standard in effect in other states, great confu- sion would result. Much of the gaso- line used in Maryland is refined else- where. To_establish a standard of quality | would not mean, Dr, Dohme said, that all gasoline sold must necessarily be | of the same composition. The manu- | facture of improved fuels, he explain- ed, would not be interfered with Any law which was enacted would merely provide that when a man bought “gasoline” he would get at least a definite minimum of poten- i force of inspectors would be required | | “One or two in- dealer Dr. to enforce the law. spectors, who might visit any at any time, would be sufficient, |Duhm9 said. An entirely opposite view o question is taken b, . all, chairman of the state r misgsion. who was active in advoc the gasoline tax established b legislature last winter. “Such would be entirely unnecessary { wholly impracticable,” he said. “The | motorist has the choice of a dozen | different makes and blends. He uses | the fuel that gives him the best re-| sults and the manufacturer of poor gasoline goes to the wall.” ! Several automobile mechanics de-| clared, however. that the driver of an | ; automobile could not tell with any | | certainty which particular fucl was! | giving him the best service. i A few weeks ago a owns a popular light car, came to the writer with a sarrowful tale of how ! his engine would Kick when it was | jbeing cranked. He had it treated by | one garageman, who made it worse, . he “claimed. Another tried it and| i managed to sell the man a new set of | wires, but it was no better: he then | said the only thing to do was to pull down the engine. The upshot of his | visit ended in our promising him tu look at it, We found what might be ! expected, an early spark. so early that with the spark lever at full re- tard the engine would kick back I hadly when being started on the b Itery. A slight lengthening of i commutator control rod was all that was necessary to correct the tr ! this was done in three minut the engine has not kicked since i Lack of Knowledge. R is just another instanc an owner's lack of knowledge of, en- | gine operation caused him about $20} of needless expense to say notk a sore arm and a few mis The theory of spark timing | difficult. The burning of the| gases while usually referred to { instantaneous explosion is firo which takes a little time to burn For best results the flame should be at its height just as the piston is leaving dead center on the power stroke. In order to bring th it is necessary that the gases be lz- nited before the piston reaches dead! center because a small space of time always elapses full blaze of the charge. i This amount of time is about the | same, no matter how fast the engine runs. If an engine runs 300 revolu- | tions per minute, then the ghould Dbe applied when the « reaches a bosition about 24 degr below inner dead center. If the cn- gine runs 1,000 revolutions per min- ute, then the igniting of the charge must take place earlier—perhaps degrees or more from crank end deac center. In an engine which must rur at a great varlety of speeds, as the automoblle engine, the timing of the spark should be movable. When starting an engine the explosion | must not take place before dead cen- Ifer is reached by the piston. Be- | cause some of us have starting mo- tors in eur cars to crank the cngine for us we forget about retarding the friend, who | where THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 17, 1922—PART 3. to fill out the applications, sign' them and inclose a check or money order {overhcating. Therefore it docs not | negbuiations preliminary to the pan- the Automotive Supply Co.. e s radhtoo dste whisd | Amnercin Cgnicreins next Merch duy Campaign May Be Undertak | pre-tgnition with that metallic knock | Santiago, has been invited by l'hllcl announces that he has purchased the paign May Be UNdertak- | which is heard when the engine siows | to_attend the conference as & fulll Thompson Auto Supply Co. Inc. | spark advanced. 11 rence program. and there has been ! would have a place in the confercnes Bid to Pan American Conference E“""" e Extended by Chile. gy A ' Jos. H. Nicholson | s spark; the engine kicks and the re- sult may .be a bent motor shaft, broken drive, or it may tear teeth out of the flywheel ring gear. The engine should never be cranked with the The Obregon government of Mex- A late spark causes loss of power, | P excessive gasoline consumption and |ic0: despite its non-participation in ormerly member, according to advices reac ing the Mexican embassy here. No down on a hard pull with the spark S5 reply has been made to the invitation. | ESTO MR N advanced. When this is heard it is {only man who can handle these con- | gears and between ignition and |ES time to retard the spark. The driver who knows just exactly what hap- | pens in the engine’s cylinders when | he manipulates the spark lever is the trois to the best advantage. The automobile engine of today is a reliable machine, and if given any- thing like decent cave will run sev- eral seasons without any repairs. However, when the average engine has done twenty thousand miles or so the driver will hear sounds w were not heard when the &i new. There may be no knocks a rerhaps no nois which can be traced to their source, but there are usually a host of little tickings and tapping: which give one the impression t there must be a lot of little loos: nesses. Most of these can be sl-‘ tributed to the val 5 Valves Need Attention. Valves need more attention mere grinding in once in a while. rappets must be adjusted for two reasons, first, to insure maximum effi- ciency of engine operation, und sec- ondly to give quict operation. This may, however, not stop the noises mentioned above. The guides of both valve stems and tappets may be worn large, allowing looseness slapping of these parts. It is good economy : when an engine is being pulled down to renew both the valve guides and valve lifter guides. If the valve stems are found to be worn, these Iso should be replaced by new valves. It is plain to all who know the principles of engine operation that unless valve stems fit their guides ! closely air will leak in and disturb the running of the engine. Other little noises which are often } hard to locate are play in the timing ' loose camshaft bearing: It is a good policy to take up all i cessive play when an engine is pu down. 1If new gears are nece get them. The satisfaction of having the engine run silently is well worth [ the price of new parts. What il more. it will be good for another far as these parts are ch | than SEDANS on the partial GASOLINE STATION Fill CAPITOL STANDARD BENZOL'BLE STAN first month of the Mexico representatives took no part discussio! 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Where you always get the best oil and filtered N gasoline with all the courteous service you want Open Every Day from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Because of the unrecoknized SIAtUs| Where Me In Thoroughly City government, its | in’ the | here regarding the con-| l 0 Give the Ususl Hin Former ¥ “The Standard of Comparison” devi a car owner, the labor and time saving with which we have cquipped our shop are of great interest to you. They mean better ability to care for vour service requirements at a lower cost Stanley H. Homer Retail Dealer 1015 14th St. N.W. Main 5296 G R B G e BB payment plan—$349 cash and 12 monthly pay- ' up with FILTERED STANDARI'; Positively the best e, then fill up with ND GASOLINE: the popular motor fuel put out by the wsoline Blended with 30 and every er soline. Buy filtered & Good oil and clean gasoline is so send your truck here: let us drain your oil at terence the Foot of Capitol Grounds