Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1925, Page 53

10 PARK IN SHADE Tall Buildings Offer Best Protection—Frequent Pol- & ishing Needed by Car. Use Without & bulletin just issued by Automotive Trade committee, suggestions for motor- ana operation Abusa” ig the title of the Wash- ington Assocla- tion's some pointed service containing fsts on car care One of the most interesting sugges- ¢ions concerns the matter of parking to p rking in $n its relation t preservation All-day pa ible without Taint on the etin explains the open is aterial damage to the hood and body, the bul- provided the car owner 1 tak advantage of preferred s. Shade spots, particu- tall buildings, are listed as most favorable parking places, so finish is concerned owner often can find a t is favorable to the the bulletin statew. offered by the shads bu 1 trees, althoug s more desirable A of the year tr falling the ¢ Good Time for Overhauling. “When the elements e decidedly zainst the preservation of & nd-span finish, two 1 d with one stone by 1 the ervice or adjust Much damage is do cars which are cons in use failure to polish the body and hood \ is a preservative, that a car exposed to the elements all day demands pol- g from time to time Use of some of the improved polishing meth- however, w lessen the fre- iuency of such treatment, depending, of course, on weather conditions. If the car remains idle all da in the op it is a matter of econom » drive with a richer mixture than would be u#ed for the same if it were kept running most of the day. o owner will save in the run, because his engine will start more easily and with far less ankcase dilution If he intends caking into the usual order of use the car by taking a trip, it s an matter to have the carburetor for a leaner mixture. Change 01l Frequently. “When the car is kept continually the go in separate short trips, ne- cessitating frequent cranking, it is weil to change the oll in the engine horter intervals. Often the sep- ate trips are so short that the en- gine seldom reaches its eficient work- ing temperature. In such cases crankcase dilution more rapid. “Cars that are driven in this way pos- as the ca The parking space th finish of the Such sp. of tall after a es are rain the body leaving the shop or repairs greasing, garag. D station for tshir nd set a | Simple Troubles Often Sound Like Serious Ones. When looking for trouble the chief mistake is to try to find a serious cause, for mo rouble with a car is due to little things. For instance, it you hear a noise that ap- pears to be something wrong with & wheel, the tendeacy s to take off wheel or g0 to some equally great effort to arrive at a cause of the an- noyance, whereas the logical step i to tighten up all the rim lugs. May be the rim lugs are not to blame, but if you tighten them up you have 4t least accomplished something. If you take off a wheel and later dis- cover that nois; from a loose lug wasted a lot of time VIRGINIA T0 SPEED WORK ON ROADS 171 Miles to Be Constructed During 1925 Under Present Plans. queer the you have simply nd effort came veeding up of highway construc- in Virginia in to the millions of motor tourists the his- toric the Old Dominion Ys being by the American Highway Iducatio Bu- There good in the State, but sufficient connecting tion order to open and nic spots urged in reau. are many »ads ks are lacking, It before the people of the State and visitors can get the full advantage of highway investments already made. “Note has already been taken at the National Capital and throughout the Atlantic seaboard,” states a just issued by the highway bureau, “of the various sectional movements now getting under way to advertise the wealth of attractions which the Old Dominion holds for tourists. The question has been raised whether such movements are not in the na- ture of progress ‘wrong end to,’ as it were, until the problem of how to speed up road building is solved.” 171 Miles Proposed. New road construction last vear, it.is pointed ¢ to 187.44 miles, which included grad- ing, draining, macadam, gravel and concrete work. The total program for 1925 includes approximately 171 miles. These figures are confined to work on Federal aid roads “The potential earning power of a completed highway system,” the bul- letin continues, beginning to be recognized, 1In Virginia the high- ways, even 'in their present show a large earning power upon license fee and gasoline now in effect, when only a few ago they produced nothing. This in- come is all the more significant when it 1s remembered that it comes from a publicly owned transportation plant is pointed out Virginia at, amounted vears bulletin | THE | KEEP LUGS TIGHTENED. | 4 ytoists Protest Practice Of Injustice on Highways Law-Abiding Motorists Declare Abuse by Officers of Right of Search Will Not Be Tolerated. Abuse of the right, granted re- cently by the Supreme Court of the United States to prohibition enforce- ment officers, to stop and search automobiles without warrant will not be tolerated by the millions of law- abiding automobilists on the streets and highways of the country, ac- cording to a statement just issued by the American Automobils Asso- ciation. The Supreme Court decision provides that if prohibition agents have ‘reasonable cause” to do so they may lawfully stop and search automobiles without a warrant. Realizing that failure on the-part of officers to adhere strictly to the spirit of the declsion would result in unjustifiable interference with motorists and In turn provoke re- sentment which might bring the de- cision into disrespect. Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Au- tomobile Association, called attention to the injunction issued by Chief Jus- tice Taft in connection with the deci- sion in which he warned against the indiscriminate use of the right to stop and search, Statement by Chief Justice. Chief Justice Taft said: “It would be intolerable Aeasible if a prohibition agent were authorized to stop every automobile on%the chance of finding liquor and thus subject all persons using the highways to the inconvenience and indignity of such a search. Travelers may be so stopped in crossing an in- ternational boundary ause of na- tional self protection reasonably re- quiring one entering the country to identify himself as entitled to come in and his belongings as effects which may be lawfully brought in. But those lawfully within the country en- titled to use the public highways have a right to free passage without interruption or search, unless there is known by a competent official au- thorized to search, probable cause for belleving that their vehicles are car- rying contraband or illegal merchan- dise. “In sible izing and un- cases where seizure is impos: except without a warrant, the officer acts unlawfully and at TIRES—LIKE EGGS —are pretty much alike in appearance. It's hard to tell a bargain tire from a good one, but when you buy INDIA TIRES you take no chances, his peril unless able cause.” he can show prob- Injunction Is Discussed. “The Injunction of the Chief Jus- tice,” said President Henry, comment- ing on the decision, “makes it quite clear that the last thing the Supreme Court intended was to glve officers carte blanche powers to stop motor- 1sts and search automoblles at their mere discretion.” He continued: “To give prohibition agents, the power to stop and search, without a warrant is manifestly a right which must be exerclsed with the most scru- pulous care, if we are to avold an in- tolerable nuisance and an unjustifia- ble Interference with individual free- dom. It is of the utmost importance that the decision should be rightly understood and rightly interpreted in order that there may be no infringe- ment of the constitutional rights of the citizen to move freely and without interference in the lawful pursuit of his business. “The Chief Justice clearly hinged the decision and based the right to stop and search on there being “rea- sonable cause,” and uniess this can be proven to the satisfaction of a court, the officer is in each instance liable to arrest and prosecution at the hands of the offended party. Mere suspi- cion or mere chance that an officer may find contraband in an automo- bile cannot be pled as a justification for interference without a warrant and according to due process of law. Motorists’ View of Decision. “The decislon {s in many respects the most important from the motor- ists’ standpoint handed down since the advent of the automobile on the streets and highways of the country. The saving feature of it is that it squarely places the burden of proof on the officers who undertake to stop SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'C, APRIL 12, over seventeen milllon motor vehicles on the streets and highways of the country and it is not difficult to im- :gine the situation that would result if they were subjected to annoyance and halting _because bootleggers sometimes conduct their nefarious en- terprise in automobiles. The rights of law-ablding citizens cannot be abridged simply to make the arrest of bootleggers easier. “The fact that Justice McReynolds and Justice Sutherland dissented from the opinion and protested against the halting and searching of automobiles without a warrant and ‘on mere su picion’ shows that these two di tinguished jurists were keenly alive to the danger of abuse, while Chief Justice Taft himself made it clear that the Supreme Court would regard with alarm and disfavor the indis- criminate halting of motorists. An important aspect of the grant- ing of the right to stop and search automobiles without a warrant Is that it makes more necessary than ever that all law officers should be in uniform. Otherwise there will be a new premium on banditry on the highways. We cannot blind ourselves to the fact that motorists have often been held up and robbed by high- waymen. who ordered them to hait. Failure to give unfyersal application to the principle that the law officer should be uniformed and easily rec- ognizable has unquestionably played to the hands of highway sneak thieves and bandits in the past, whereas means of easy identification would help law enforcement and pro- tect the motorist, who I8 often natur- ally averse to letting himself be stopped on a lonely road.” RULE FOR BREAKER CAM. Buggestion on Adjustment Under Specified Conditions. If you are accustomed to seeing the breaker cam rigidly attached to the breaker and distributor shaft you will doubtless be puzzled when you come to inspect the breaker points on a semi-automatic advance system and find that the cam not only turns all the way around the shaft while the latter remains stationary, but that it &lips off the shaft like a sleeve. Studying the situation carefully, however, you will find that when the rotor is replaced the cam sleeve is held in a definite position. Adjust the 2 3. 1925—PART MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS “NO BETTER TH (Prepared by the public Appearances count for a lot in Suppose, for example, that street of your neighborhgod, let your shoes run down at the who gaw you, as well as Ly go rather hard for you should you that you did not mean to do? A 1ot of car owners allow thei and they are naturally more likely to be roughly handled, or at least recklessness, suspected of criminal themselves a little, Experience has demonstrated motor vehicle departments can motorist just by a little straight the earmarks of a roughneck dr roughly as to encourage hin to Not that you let tr are merely that in looking the part can’t help being one. And if you happen to slip a inclined to handle your case const LICENSE TAG MADE SIMPLER TO READ New York Adopts System of Let- tering to Reduce Number of Figures on Plates. To obviate the difficulty in phering automobile license numbers beyond the r New York has adopted a new system of numbering automobile tags. Under the new plan letters are used addition to the numbers, thus eliminating the necessity for going beyond five figures. The letters also serve to indicate the part of the State to which the car belongs. Thus, cars with the letters N, Y or C accom- panying the number hail from New York City; those with A helong in Albany County; with K and L, in Brookl T indicates Suffolk Coun- E is the marker for Erie County, deci- plate ion mark, This study ystem was had shown adopted that the after a lettered points the same way you would with | plate with no more than five numbers the conventional system Th information Automotive Trade Assoclation.) instead clothes pressed bought yourself a tough-looking cap, turned up vour coat collar and Teel. gain off easier just well polished and well equipped with the necessities of safe HAN YOU LOOK.” committee of the Washington owning and driving an automobile Iking erect down and shoes shined of w. the you Wouldn't you be suspected by the poiice: And wo itters accidentally do something unlawful r machines to run down at the heel it they just happen to forget the fact that police authorities and the co-operation of many talking, but when a driver has iver he is llable to be treated so “get back” rather than co-operate because your car is clean, motoring— citizen you of a respectable motor little the authorities will be more ructively. I plate with a numbers Such a system was recommended recently by Ray M. Hudson, chief of the division of simplified pract the Department of Commerce. ADJUSTING DRIVE CHAIN. Must Loosen Nuts at Rear of Tim- series of six or geven ing Case. the In adjusting chain in order slack and noise it is most cars to loosen at the rear of the This permits of the water pump and farther from the The amount of slack ip before and after the job is by the amount of play f pulley to which the fan tached fe average for prope adjustment i 6 inch play in this pulley. After the adjustm justing nute should be tightened that the chain will not pull the a cessory shaft sprocket nearer to the engine, thus loosening the chain front-end drive compensate for | necessary on one or two nuts timing gear « drawing of t distributor a littl engine bl the chain measured and in th belt is at- again g- Without Special Tools Is Task on Some Engines. On wome types of engines the lowar fan pulley is driven and keyed onto the crankshaft. Though the gemoydl of this pull for the service station, it presents quith a problem to the car owner. Of course a large wheel or gear puller ie avallable, a method of removal ean be easily improvised. Sometimes even a jack can be used as a_means of removal. But f the gar: bar- the task becomes well nigh hopeless However, the use of the starting crank and a heavy h; ner will ofte: solve the problem By engaging the k in the dog ot the pulley, a fe vy and wel] 4 rected blows 1 + Hard is an casy task cra As EBONITE “Strings" to a Stick So l!Vlinds Around the Gears MR. MOTORIST EBONITE has not been without imitators who have wought to duplicate its suc- cess, but all thess have failed because they lacked the gualities and perform- ance so characteristic with EBONITE. But that need not deceive any ome, for you have as your guide our EBONTTE checkerboard pamp. You will find one in your neigh- borhood. Buy with your mind made up. Demand EBONITAE. Take no substitute. At dealers in five-pound cans and at sarvios stations from tie EBONITE checkerboard pump only, "EBONITE (IT's SHREDDED oOIL) FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND REAR AXLES BAYERSON OILWORKS - COLUMBIA 5228 ated Juld be tr run over e week end ery fully charged be expulsion of have accumulated Some manuf that is far from complete. What it will be when the State system shall have been finally completed remains to be seen. “It is not yet sufficiently well un- derstood that the volume of transpor- tation over public highways has de- veloped to such an extent that it is not only possible but practical to har- ness highway waste by the simple process of hard surfacing roads and paying for the new roads out of the savings thus gained. But this can- not be done by slow construction in closing up the gaps in State sys- tems “Friends of Virginia are hoping that some new plan may be adopted to hasten construction on main routes and the early completion of her part 'in the Federal aid system They are all good, and they cost a great deal less nd e per mile. assist during the cturers recomm g kerosine through the carburetor - pouring into the cylind hrough the petcocks after long 50 as to loosen carbon particles. treatment over the week end Is par- ticularly valuable for the driver who is car daily around the city. st beca car is used ever: day is no reason why it should wear out sooner than the car that is left in the garage all day. It is just a ques- tion of whether the owner is willing to take advatnage of the various op- portunities to. keep use from being abuse.” in t t may Let us examine your tires and make. the necessary replace- ments or repairs. EASY CREDIT TERMS Potomac Tire Co. 28th and M Sts. 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