Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1924, Page 67

" INTOPATECRS, AUTOSTS WARNED Expect Other Fellow to Do Wrong Thing and Avuid Trouble, Says Bulletin. A little tion secret in the safe manipula- motor vehicles on the and highways is offered in the latest bulletin lssued by the safety bureau of tie Hoosier State Auto Association: ““The real knack of being safe is an- ticipation of possible ' dangers,” the statement says. “The more can hammer this in the surely will drivers understand what part in driving this pla) continues. "Anticipation on art of every river, with a due deference & tall times the other fellow, will serve to avert scores and hundreds—vea, possibly thousands—of collisions now occuring. Yield and Be Safe. of streets le we more an important the bulletin ““Anticipation does not mean that you are to take an iron-clad attitude of ‘standing on your rights, and never giving in to the other fellow. The best drivers, who have fewest accidents, are those who yield to the other fellow Anticipate that the other fellow ing to do the wroug thing pared to meet that emers: “Standing on your right ways getting ahead rances 1o right of way Pt into trouble ¢ Bet wway eventually smewhert and tribula- will inter nd be pre- will get you nowher: ¢ Maybe not today—you 1 th frequently—but will be the hospital or where subsequent ir tions of the human You no morv 3 “Every moment’ you are wheel of a motor vehicl should be on what you are can't be chatting with_yo on and be safe. You g0 while you arc 4 smoke and be safe. You can't he looking backward or away to oue side and be safe. And if you are not afe the pRMEenger aps dearly loved ones. are not sufv, either Wateh for Children. Anticipate that dewaik or the f the road ms into the middle Watch the b degree of pi “Anticipate out from b walker conti of pestiferousness. Yo his probable actions vert a c: it “Anticipate that another car t & cross-road or street inte pe if the crossing There are too many cars buzzing vervwhere in eity or cou for any driver to take chance maintaining 1is speed at Intersections unless he cax sec clearly. “Anticipate that at every railroad rossing Or interurban crussing thers will be a train nterurban coming at full speed. It is alwavs train time at a grade crossing. The locomotive has the right of way and prove it Anticipate every g that might happen. ust get to working morc aud your to working less, and if yo keep your mind on what you ave doing the things that might happe: dust wop't."! it race behind the your mind io You com- an't let the lighting up for my and preg right ion. ired iround is ar sible © TEST FOR MOTORS. Telephone Receiver Will Aid in Lo- | cating Short Circuits. A useful device for motor testing consists of a telephone band with a 75-ohm telephone recei mounted on one end and a flashlight battery on the other connected up. One is the receiver, two the headband, three the flashlight battery, four the eon- nections and five the testing wires. ‘This battery will detect shorts a Zrounds in the motor that show on a voltmeter. By the use of th the wires is atta of the car and srounded wire. If any trical conueetions of short-circuited sharp clic heard from the receiver and breaking the frame of the car. battery one of to the frame other on a of the e will be making on the -d the by connection 1s go- | will not | John Smith and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome, He is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of { | the other 10,000.000 or more members of the motor clan. e Wa. 0—Ons OIS METRIAS: |$tart the engine several houra later ! 8 1t will go right off just ay though it | 1t was one of those cold '"“""‘"“"t»md been primed. This {s much more when the furnace doesn't seem 1o |practical than racing the engine be- want to co-operate. Such days are | fore slopbing, but whould only be " of the coun- | done when the weather is really cold, the rule in certain parts of the coun- | 5g¢ [T e NERIEAL {try and quite the exception in oth- | So bearing these few precautions in | ers, but regardless of where the mo- | mind, s:lnu]h took the wheel and later \ s s i i | reported that zero motoring was far | tortst happens to live or be travel- (LRI D18} BGIS MOLORE was for | ing, he 13 likely to get a fow of them sure that Be uaw HalP-frosen {in the course of his experience. mortals waiting for belated street | T could sve by Smith's expression | S4r¥ he must have had a new con- he passed the house on the way to | sption of the importance of the otor car in modern business and life. i the garage that he doubted the ad- o - | visability of taking the car out until | | the weather moderated. It was his| | first experience with zero motoring. | { I decided to follow him and see if 1} | could be of any asststance. When I reached the.garage | found ! him asking the garage man for some | 1 L orwon | A A. A Head Blames Restrictions | oxplained. a8} on Advantages Taken by ! Motorists. when xt week: “Gne Job a Day.” do want that for?" I “I've got to prime the engine, Swith Wrong Again. “It Isn't necessary to primo any odern engine if the controls ar working properly.” 1 retorted. Then after ralsing the hved of his car added: “You have simply flc bureter. cylinders rdeh raow line How are going to help mutter some more gasoline in t cocks. 1f you will w minutes until som® of the soline evaporate leaks down pist the show you how to start Kvery time city oficials decide upon ue new traffic. regulations, eve time the is discussion ove: the automobile tricts, every arking and other radical plans are suggested, It means that motorists are not pla « falir. uch was the opinion expre ed by General Manager Ernest N. Smith of the American Automobile Associa- ton in a statement in regard to the ywing traflic problem throughout ountry It overy leav [ Cussions, f need of Tems gested dis tion of in time prohibi- t place. ot water to 1take manifold - doing that un everything is likely to get or spill over th butor it radiator you usualiy u might into the have poured sor radiator befe engine. Some water over tiwe but 1 wouldn't advise {til you have tried because the watcr into the carbu terminals of “Hot water surse, hel put water well make ot water ave the « out and th driver to in this elty nsider the interests of » would be no trafic dis there wouldn't be anj hem, he explained. rking Hogs, driver takes up cith his car as inconven- Mr. Smith said, his other ay be forced to hold up t car while trying to find & s s inconveniencing Afty addit way | persons or more. Some imm wide open, | ately suggests some form.of pestric t to 1 in th ief that this any ) h i remedy anking i i remedy, alled, cations results in the motori: he less attention - ter freedom he is al- Scores ¥ Whenever vice as mu uld somy the some one else sinee for traf- choke on and then ) red he “ipal persists in driving treet when he could well use another, for instance, he unnccessarily complicates matters and prompts seme one to set fup the cry of reform, which in the the garage and T knew that when he | jong run usually means inconvenience opened the doors a blast of cold air | for the motorist would present new diflicultic “The real sol [ Now 1c a while 10 | vious—play fai S. & M. Tire Co. ke hoke SPECIAL Gets Wotor Started. Smith followed this plan and found | §, | that the arted. The mnext : that | thing was to keep it zoing. Lt was |only just a little above. freeziug in 1 §u mot n. therefore, is ob- S0 a t when are simply warmihg up the ! {motor, it is better to push in the| choker and pull it out for an instant motor threatens to siall r than t the engine rur the choker s, alfway posi It will save gas. Also, if you { will retard the spark, the engine will warm up much quicker. It is never ! a good plan to race the c es clally when oil in the crank c is cold and partially ealed “The main troubi will when you reach the strect is 30x3V3 ; i CORD the drop in temperature will chiil the intake manifold and cause the | ; TIRES into ‘second’ while you are passing through the garage doors and While They Last along in that speed for a few bloe S. & M. Tire Co. until the engine is u.uroughf' 1340 14th St. N.W. warmed up. It is much more I i Franklin 908 bave that run economieal than trying to run In high' right away, because to do that at all, you would have to choke the carburetor cg nually and thus waste gas To Start Promptiy. ! Smith wanted to know what he should do to start the jafter it had been standing {cold for awhile. “If you will pull out the ‘an instant ju before shutting off [the engine When vou stop.” I sug- psted, “a few Of the cylinders Wil il up wi s When t car promptly in the choker for IS TRAFFIC REMEDY | would | s wauld fur- | SAYS TAXI COLORS CANTBE PROTELTED Reo Motor Official Discusses Results of Investigation Into Subject. A manufacturer may obtain protec- tion for a distinctive name, symbol or {mark which he puts on a taxicab, but !such protection Is not extended to a {color schen This is the finding of ja legal investigation made by H. T. Thomas of the Reo Motor Car Com- pany. The investigation was made with a view to setting taxicab operators In smaller cities and towns right in the matter, according to the Reo ex- ecutive. ‘The possibility that dis- torted information might be passed out in an attempt to confuse or in- |timidate the cver-increasing ranks {of operators prompted the legal re- reh, 1 find that opinfons of those well up In legal practice are practically uniform, and that there are no fun- {damental differences in the court de- cislons of varlous states,” says Mr. Thomas. “Whenever there are con- troversies they scem to occur among |the taxicab operators rather than among attorneys, whose opinions square to a nsome o tected distinctive motor cabs, but we have been able ties concerned were ors not manufacture and the color scheme had been in use for a great ‘r‘huul.'h length of time to be recog- | nized by the local public as distine {tive of a pa ervice. | ‘The public uses the color scheme to identify the operator, not t {manufacturer, and while a colo | scheme may identify a imake of cab when they are delivered {to the buyer. if it distinguishes any- [thing after the date of delivery, |is the service of the ator," s courts color have igns ) far the pro- on a ticular local taxicab | the particular | D. C, APRIL 6, 1 924—PART 3. Lists Material Used in Painting Average Autos The amount of material to buy when painting a car naturally de- pends upon the size and model of the car and the number of coats it is to receive. For the job de- scribed on an average size car, the following materials may be safely purchased: White lead, in oll. b, Plller Whiting, for pu Linseed oil. Turpentine . Coagh japan.. ol L 12 keg G 1bs. feer B DR 1 quart .1 gallon .1 pint ...2 1bs. 1 quart L% gallon gallon -1 1b. tey Color varnish Rubbing varnish. .. Finishing varnish. . Vowdered pumice.... ... Bandpaper, Nos. 00, 0, 2, § kheets cach Felt, for rubbing pads, 1 kquare foot With but one car to patnt, it will be necessary to get about two first- clags varnish brushes—the Fitch or Badger—and one three-inch rub- berset bristle brush for applying the filler. After the filler has been applied, such a brush will be Znmd very usetul for dislodging pumice stone from crevices and panel cor- ners during the rubbing-down proc- esses. The workman should also supply himself with a clean cham- ois, clean sponge, rags, cheese- cloth and water pails. HORSEPOWER PUZZLE. “Nobody knows and nobody to * should be adopted us cial song by | ems | offi- | those motorists who | what the horsepower ar's englne has o do with rmining what registration fee its| owner shall pay to his respective motor vehicie department | = > | CLEVELAND AUTO CENTER. Cleveland, Ohic a prominent part velopment. It is ownership of he first start that New requiring make: the distance has always plaved | in motor-car de- mong cities where automobiles ranks long distance run city and ended in ten days to hig “Bra | ration’s GERMAN RAILWAYS NOW USING TRUCKS Visitor Says U.’S. Need Fear No Competition From Abroad in Manufacture. While German railroad officials have for some yvears considered the motor truck a competitor which should be destroyed, 1t has been the prevalent feeling recently that the two agencies of transportation must co-operate, according to Dx Albert Sommer of Dresden, Germany, in a recent ad- dress before the motor truck mem- bers of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Sommer is executive manager of a large Ger- man trucking corporation similar to the United States Trucking Corpora- tion of New York city, and is in this country to familiarize himself with the American automotive industry. American manufacturers have noth- ing to fear from competition from Germany in_the making of motor present, Dr. Sommer be- he cheapest new truck in Germany costs at least $5,000, and then one must wait months for the factory to fill the order,” he says. Success Pronounced. “About one year ugo the use of by railroads In the city of Ber- and today can be pro- nounced a thorough success,” usserts Dr i “Trucks are used to avoid trap car service between freight stations in various parts of Berlin, Bach individual truck unit consists of a five-ton motor truck and two trail- ers, all closed like freight cars, oper- ated and guarded by the truck corpo- men who for this business are under the orders of the railway management, wearing the railway uniform. The truck corporation acts as joint carriers with the railroad and receives a tariff proportionate to the prevailing railroad tariff. Through this use of trucks about forty rail- road cars are ed for long haul purposes in Berlin alofie.” much larger program of 5 Auto Dealers Lose| DEALERS T0 STUDY 6 Million on Used| NEW BALLOON TIRE Cars in 3 Months| — | Inside Story of Imvention and Automobile dealers lost 36,049,600 | bt mide g Manufacture to Be Told at on used car deals In the first three | months of 1924. This is an improve- | Meeting Tomorrow. | Local automobile d ment as compared to the first quar- ter of 1923, when the losses totaled | saiesmen will &ot $23,000,000, according to figurcs | balto, nounced by the National Automobile | Dealers' Association. Used cars sold in the first three months totaled 0,000 automobiies, | sold at an average of less than The average allowanc stocks on hand at the was $300.14 per car cars on hand. retary SMOKES PEDESTRIAN OUT. i Autoist Finds Way to Leave Park- | g ing Space Safely. | ene them How to warn those pedestrians who stand in back of the car when you are obliged to back up in order to get out of a parking space is ofttime a problem. If you horn they imagine it s not for them: and if you pro- ceed to back up slowly some one is certain to become excited and claim you were trying to run over him A good way o warn people is to accelerate the motor several times They are bound to hear the exhaust and take heed. Those who am hard | of hearing will take the hin* when | they discover they are being s#wk out. HANDY SCREWDRIVER. A handy screwdriver can from a shoe-button hook cv off the hook end, then flattening and_ shaping it to fit the headr (small screws finally temperin® o | keep the small end from breaking ar | twisting. This tool will be fonad very handy for work around ignition, arburetor and electrical units.— | | Automobile Digest 4 tire monthly Alitomo held at ing. e shoe VArying con will ateo tion and manut of the on bal nouncen 3,600 M nd Ru d here fr m trade | loon tire kn | morrow e | hold ¢k W of new 1 part-—perfect in i n old frequ made cutting his Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND 'A.Df OR REPAIRED. installed in aay raske 10 DIFFER] RADIATORS WITIS A 11 W Oftis _319 13th, ation between railroads and AiStor | trucks throughout all German - been developed. “This involve | Dr. Sommer, “use of trucks to replac | local freight trains similar to plans | put effect recently by the New York Central and Pennsylvania rail- ACME AUTO TOP CO., % 1421 IRVING ST.RW. 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