Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1925, Page 60

THOUSANDS HAVE AUTOSINSPECTED Service Offered by Loca[ Dealers Under New Code Reported Favored. Distr motori antage of the oppor- by the Washington comply with the regulations respecting horns and other equip: the general inspection | rated last week at the Traffic Eld of the B. Lum, Automo: Director of rts from many with the omotion of > streets of the Capital, the dealers under emendous_task, Mr. same 80,000 These in- are preliminary to the traffic ions gov District Saves Expense of the dealers r#dle expense with which | inspections, Mr. lized they uthori n and a would have - the traffic yile many is problem. It t_impossible office to have inspected all | sle-hand t funds 10bile to dealprs are the carry out this and they have that has been : to the trafc director’s of . according to Mr, omobile dealers are distinet contribu er safety in Washington d out that the auto- ve taken a decided | in the trafiic laws from the beginning. When the traffic Is were before Congress, he s=aid automobile dealers’ ociation sections, low speed , impounding of which om the law. car owners should they are being st of the director y are not compulsory, are advisable and every con car owner who pretends to right side of the law should car subjected to the inspec- e are some 50 dealers, the mem Washington Automotive Association, who are_author- to inspection ¢ such tests. These cer be taken as an indica ion not only of a car in perfect ad- istment, but also of a car owner who retends to abide by the traffic regu ions A few dealers have renorted some t misunderstandings n the part few customers with respect The dealer is authorized to cents as an inspection fee. | Piele (& {0 csuer the o nd distributing the in Replacement of parts or other on the car, of course, is extra. he responses on the part of m the car owners who have had tests owever, are encouraging The; e shown a willingness to co-oper th the dealers and the District als in carryi out the traffic Before You Complain. fore compls about - is developin ning to a mysterious’ dealer trouble that ne of the that there e exhaust has been The exhaust pipe, it is enameled you Lum were | zable drain | were | rtificates | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D C., MAY 24, OTORS and AN IDEAL MEMORIAL DAY MOTOR OBJECTIVE o Chambersturg, Bedford and Pl I:b(/rah nmnnl.l Bolf/efe/d ‘ 55 ST PHansonville Tofegers- @Harmony Grove ‘Q ) B> ToHarpers ferry and the Shenandoah Valley s LoArSes 77 Claggettsville 4 7o Harrisburg 7o York and Lancaster' for Philade/phia and Reading’ AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON DC l%bia To laltimore Hendersons Corners Srore Sand ROCKVILLE, these routes call at A.A.A. Headquarters 172*and Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. MYSTERY iN KNOCKING. Many Motorists Puzzled When No Cause Is Apparent. One of the most bafMling troubles a car owner can encounter is having his engine knock regularly for 50 miles and then purr like a dream for the next 50, or vise versa. Reason tells him that the cause of the knock- ing must be of a temporary nature, but he is usually unable to imagine what could be so iously wrong with a motor as to cause so decided a inock to appear in normal running. then ~disappear again. One The Four Door Coach Lockheed Hydraulic Four Wheel Brakes Six Inch Balloon Tires—$1450, at the factory SEVENTY per cent of all the Velie cars produced during the last eight- een -years are still Many of them have been in operation eight to ten years. It takes a long time to wear out a Velie. The Velie Line There are five rarely beautiful models in the Velie line— The Phaeton—five p The Club Phaeton—five passengers ‘The Roadster—four passengers The Royal Sedan—five passengers The Four Door Coach—five passengers All mounted on the standard Velie chassis and powered by the Velie-built, airplane type, six cylinder engine. Ask for a demonstration with yourself at the wheel. UNGERER MOTOR CO. Main 8496-8497 in active service. ngers 1136 Connecticut Ave. THE SMARTEST CAR ON THE HIGHWAY sligtly pistons. 5. 0\ motorist with such trouble finally dis- | covered that the piston pins were of | the floating type. ends of the connecting rods were free to adjust themselves in the mo: able position on the piston § happened that this freedom was hind- | ered in one instance by irregular | Utility of “Blind Spots.” | * caused by body posts, the upper imav be an ever-present danger in |driving, but sometimes they can put to good use. The next time the other fellow’s headlights trouble you use the left front body post as a shield. ‘Blind spots That i suit- reason of pin in one of the ! olumbia to every 11 persons Buy your next car with this fact in mind: No car in the Hupmobile price class enjoys equal reputation for soundness and reliability. It pays to own a Hupmobile. Because it is built to give daily service and satisfaction under the hardest conditions. STERRETT & FLEMING, Inc. —~— Home of the Certified Gold Seal Used Cars Champlain St. at Kalorama Road Columbia 5050 HUPMOBILE FOURS AND EIGHTS be | There are two cars in the District | Motor Tour to Sixty-lwo vears ago Lincoln left his journeyed by rail a to a liftle town across the Pennsyl vania line, there to speak a few words of ‘encouragement to those who were eyewithesses to perhaps one of the greatest and most san guinary battles of all time. His words were prophetic: “* * * that {these dead shall not have died in vain,” week an army of American fulfilling that pledge and pay ute to the memory of a great | President and to the memory of the “honored dead,” will journey by mo {too to witness and participate in Me- {morial day exercises. Two Routes to Gettyshurg. Those whno will join in the pil {grimage to that famous shrine will long remember it as one of the mo: impressive motor trips out of Wash- ington, and for the benefit of those who are contemplating this trip The special motor tours department & two routes, as indicated on the accompanying map. Both may be included in the round trip from Washington to Gettysburg, totaling 182 miles The road (o Gettysburg, { erable portion of which has been de | scribed in previous to in these | columns, is by way of some of the best and most interesting highways in the State of Maryland. These | roads, long before they were traversed by the automobile. felt the tramp. amp, tramp of the armies of the North and the South on the way to that town where they spilt their blood 1o consecrate it on the altar of pa triotism The shorter a consid s via Rockv Ridgeville, Frederick and Emmitsb Between Ridgeville and Frederick, ol ing of the road has been completed according to the touring bureau of the A. A. A, and the trip from Wash ington to Gettysburg r this route is one of the most delightful in this part of the country Followers of The tours veady have become acqualnted with the Washin to Frederick portion and the i traversed g the motorist vir rs the same route that ¢ Gen. Lee's troops as orthward to Gettysburg oth and winding, the road follows the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains |and offers some unus: scenic attrac As one approaches Gettysburg kers along the road tell of its leading up to those stirring just across the Pennsyl One of these markers will found at the public fountain in imitsburg. where motorists gen v stop to prepare themselves for 10 miles away perhaps. no other spot on By Historic Civil War Trails Route Goes Through Rockuille and Em- “mitsburg to Shrine, and Return Is by Westminster and Ellicott City. presidentfal duties at Washington and |On this site, where more than 40,000 hundred miles |ing, | perhaps. | poin battle in the Civil War. | the | 1925—PAR'T Gettysburg earth that compares with Gettysburg nion and Confederate men were killed or wounded in three days' fight now stand approximately 540 monuments and almost 1,000 bronze reliefs and tablets, Less than 10 months after the bat tle, and somewhat more than five months after President Lincoln made his incomparable address, the Penn sylvania Legislature established the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Asso clation. At first the association was local in its scope, but in later years it grew to such proportions that 4t was transferred to a park commission ap- pointed by the S conditior < that if the Federal Government should ever neglect the grounds they should revert to the State of Pennsylvania By an act of Congress February 11 1895, the Gettysburg National Park was established, and has since been under the direction of the War | partment. Th why Gettysburg is one of the best-kept national cemeteries in the | country More tourists annuaily stop at Gettysburg now than there were men on both'sides in the three-day conflict that made it famous. Rarely among them is there still a veteran of the | blue or gray who witnessed the scenes | of carnage. They are fast passing be- | yond | Guide Books Available. | Visitors may obtain at '(\"HH,.‘ well prepared guide books, maps, illu trated pamphlets and other material | which will assist them in locating all | s of military or general interest. | hese also will ‘be invaluable to the |q visitor if he cares to follow the ma- neuvers of the two armies during the memorable days of the battle, July 1 to 3, 1863. In addition, a corps of com petent guides, who are thoroughly fa- with every foot of ground i square nriles of this national 'k, are on duty. The trip will be | more profitable if the v one of these Returning Washington motorist Frederick and Emmitsburg—probably | will want to take the eastern route, via Westminster and Ellicott City Both roads, however, are paved and\ in_excellent condition s ve just as | s the trip to Gettysburg. | on of Maryiand offers much in beautiful landscapes and towns| that strike the tourist’s fancy. Elli-| cott 1 short distahee fro Bal- | timore, one of the most interest |ing places on the return trip. Built « the sides of two hilis, sloping down ! the Patapsco River, Ellicott City pre- | sents the appea e of a mountain | town. A delightful drive of approxi-| mately 35 miles from Sllicott City | {will bring the motorist 10 Washing- ton, | more 11337 14th St. Fail on Larger Engine. The increasing use of eight-cylinder cars as a result of the advent of nu merous “straight eights,” in addition to the popular V types, has caused a lot of speculation among trouble hunt ers as to how one can locate a missing spark plug when there are so many cylinders. There is probably some ground for such fears when one con Mlll(ln that it is often difficult to locate ad plug in a smooth six, but the method is simple enough If one goes | at the job wisely Ordinarily in testing for a missing plug it is just a matter of shorting each plug in turn until one is found that does not slow down the engine when cut out, but such variations in speed with an eight would be some thing only for the trained ear. The simpl n is to remove each plug in turn t on the top of the evlindes connected with fits proper When a plug is thus removed it is a simple matter to start up the engine and note whether a spark jumps its gap regularly. In- sert an old plug in each opening when the regular plug is being tested. This prevents escape of gag vapor and avoids possibility of fire. Americans Oun 83 Per Cent of Autos of W orld| Cars in District Exceed in Number Total in Many Entire Nations. The product ot ,264,752 car the world, this country ha or 83 per cent of the: the latest re; by the Un Commerce. appro. all the rest of the we he itorobile the United es: compiled rtment_of | tates has many cars id combined United Kingdom ranks second the number of motor vehicles, ving 770,839, with Canada, France, ermany and Australia following in the order named. d in Hawali cars and a popu 2 it is 13 to 1. _With the exceptic nce, Germany, a and Bel motor cars Columbia_than there are | the District of | fore! count Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Stréet Hawkins Nash Motor Co. Sales and Service Main 5780 | | TESTING PLUGS OF “8.” “A A A BRUSABES [ Methods Used on Six-Cylinder Car|Fh Fls M - FOR CLEANLINESS “Be Good to Your Country” Slogan for Camp Neatness and Saving Wild Life. | cles camps and | the preservation of wil being urged upon the me the American in the slogan. “Be ¢ |try.”" Co-operat | organizations, g clubs, Boy and Girl organizaticns, the au tion has launched a camps the wanton destruction of w and shrubs and the desecrat camp sites and roadsides In emphasizing the importance this movement T} president of the as: “There is no doubt m» [heon careleess in the | plenty of room tod new chapter in the motorist. After al self is the one w {most from the and roadside and frc of wild plant life. In connection {10 Your Country™ cam ciation has issued the fol | tor motorists “Don’t pick too mar ““Holly, dogwood {and many other plants are being rapidly extermir country £ i Alower creed because of ur vuthless gathering ‘Be good 10 ye all enjoy it! “Extinguish ng “Burn or bu “Leave vour camp |as you would like ‘Observe these few cc | road and keep your cou |lovely as God ir | “There | tinuea M commit thems: of these simy carried out we can making 1925 a banne | great number of tou | banner sea camp fires Baked Enamel On Automobiles Will Protect Metal Parts Against Rust DEHCO PLANT 1724 Kalorama Road i | | 1 | é E Columbia 7163 | tRtRthtRthtRthtRLALRR The Car for long tour to Coach Imperial *1595 THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY CHANDLER ARE is the vacation or summer diversion in which the automobile | does not play its part. In practically everywarm weather relaxation,from the the family picnic, a motor car is indispensable. And your car must carry the assurance of unquestioned stamina, of unfailing the Long Tour dependability, of freedom from worry. The list of features given below reveals how the Chandler meets these require- ments. If you have never driven a Chandler —if you do not actually know how good it is—’phone for a demonstration any afternoon or evening. 1 Pikes Peak Motor Internationally famous for the power, speed and stamina displayed in Chandler’s world record run of 1000 miles in 689 minutes. and guarantees a flawless speed change under all conditions. z Tratfic Transmission s simple principle eliminates all gear clashing 0% Rear Axle This important driving unit is probably the most rugged 31 used on any passenger car. 4!‘0 sEa 6 Comfortable Ridlng Alongwheel base, scientifically designed springs, ur-Wheel Brakes chandier 4.wheel brakes combine certain, smooth braking and freedom from adjustment. Optionad at slight extra cost. sy Steeriug The Chandler steering wheel responds to e slightest touch. Hours of city driving or ¢ouring never produce “driver’s fatigue.” deep resilient upholstery, comfortably pitched seats, and balloon tires make the Chandler ride like a Pullman car. luxury of appointments. 7 Fisher Bodies unsurpassed in aristocracy of appearance, grace of line and 8 Duco Finish smart color combinations in satiny Duco not only enhance Chandleu beauty of line but add an important element of permanence. . full super.size balloon tires, David S. Hendrick 1012 14th St. N.W. 108 Eieverana Auto Sales 9 Balloon Tires Alchandler models come equlpped with the highest quality (The Traffic Transmission is built complete in the Chandler plant under Campbell patents) Metropolitan Sedan *219§ CLEVELAND Co. 1711 14th St. N.W. Associate Dealer