Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1925, Page 63

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C 1925—PART . 7 U. S. AUTO MAKERS SEEK W0SCOW TRADE Outnumber All Other Entries in Trials to Determine Vehicles Adapted to Country AUGUST 30, KEEP TOTHERIEHT 'THE SUNDAY MOTORIST An Aridged Megasine foriCir Ouniers Sl (ke ¥ FUR SAFETY’ URGEU‘ SHiEED BT wikiT kit of limbering up the stiff motor. {s not selfishs.vather he is & motering wartyr, o chap willing and glad to T — | have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of : : | = Hydraulic Brake Tests. | | the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. Latest Version of Time-Hon- Hydraulic brakes occasionally ne(ul; ’ ttention, icularly £ ored Traffl() Rule Br0ugh‘ attention, particularly if one of the Forward by A. T. A. pistons of a wheel cylinder happens the situation with a view to making the start meet the weather conditions. The throttle, in most instances, should be opened farther. The engine should | be given a few turns with the starten| before the choke is pulled all the w: out. The ignition should mnot be switched on until you think the start ple lean against highly polished fend John Smith and His Car | @i erection is an excellent wi BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. | ing trouble: while there are | places—particulariy in me ctur districts — whe micals, soot s are likely (o damage (h If you keep on talki broke in, “this dar to my car will look no worse than a seratch. If I didn’t know you better I'd you of being the party who r: me.” “No,” I laughed. “T just had a hole greatest burned in my top because I parked the chines en car under an arc light last night, and | tered in 000-mile international I'm talking from experience.” obile 5, W began in other ng John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He Smith suspect v into There are now 18,000,000 automo- | many automobile dealers retall gaso- - biles in use in the United States, and | line, while the corner filling statlons 17,999,999 reasons for being careful. get back at them by offering free | greasing service. Wider. The automobile manufacturers are 01d Angle, But Wid flirting with the insurance business, News of accidents and persistent | and the insurance companies are be talk of safety bring to mind some |ginning to wonder why other lines of |sidelights “on the subject of the| NSNS S be"contant With ther | pleasures of motoring which, for all| No. 1183—Where Not to Park. Finding his car badly jammed ainst a trolley pole, Smith realized case where several cars at varlous | times had holes burned through their | tops because they were parked on a side street beside a clubhouse. Smok- to spring a leak. The service work » = o e firs 1 in his experience as Hihe M Fe ers used to sit by the windows in Sum- Is comparatively simple for 2 mechanic | 4 motorist that & driver must use con- who has worked on the system long | cideranie diseretion in the mutter of | mer and toss cigars and cigarettes to enough to know what he's doing, but | parking his car. the street. the testing process is unique. and it|"he fact was impressed upon Smith's Another place where it is advisable | is sometimes overlooked for Just that |,,ind not necessarily because the dam. | not to park is direetly in front or in | And now the finance companies are | reason. e meant trouble and inconvenience | back of a driveway. Other drivers in | lionored traflic advocated | \he world knows, may be the DiS|up in arms over the latest proposition| While the wheel is off the s Stem | for him, but mainly because there was | using it are quite likely to cut too by the t s committee of the Wash- | yopy jrself. It is just being admitted |Of selling insurance as “standa-d | Should be adjusted for proper pressure | no way of finding out who ran into | short when lu'rl'fln: in or turning out o i [EORY AR 2 o "tor in- | €quipment” with automoblles. and bled so as to remove any in|him. Carrying no collision insurance, |and thus may cause damage to vour gton Automotive Trade Association. by thousands of motorists, for in-| st the fluld. Then the pedal should bo | 1hy e L b feRers Despite the potential danger in rid-|stance, that the only real fun in| How to Ride Waves. depressed and held under pressure for | \When a motarist has to dig into his| “This also applies to. parking too ng the crown of the road, too many |MOLOring is in the danger of it. . ¥ ja half hour with a block of wood | pocket he is usually in @ good frame | near a street corner. In turning a % s For well built, well designed and| Stopping the rocking motion of a car | wedged between pedal and front-seat|of mind to take a few tips that will | corner another driver finds himself well handled cars a speed of 25 miles |as when riding over avy road is|cushion. The wheel cvlinder and con- | save him a repetition of the ordeal. | forced to the curb by passing traffic. an hour, or below, is no longer re-|largely a matter of driving. Break u» | nection will then quickly reveal any | rhgt §s why he was willing to listen | The result is he comes dangerously garded as u pleasu The strangethe waves by keeping the wheels of [ leaks due to improper workmanship. | {0 what I had to say on the subject, | close to the car parked too near the S 2 through Next week—Treating Wheel Dear- 1 it er ings. tions is stur- “Keep to the is the X right, (Copyright. 1925.) TIREfsv'I»'}JNE BRUVISES. Detection Is Easy Matter by This Simple Process. many, whose m; sake!” rule being ton motorists fail to observe | st fundamental laws in riving, it is pointed out, with the the Soviet awarded for and engine per managed roud transport the A stone bruise in a shoe is due blow from a stone or other hard sub- stance while running at high speed e of the n economy formance. They jointly by the board of Has Value Other Than Mere Pro- tection From Weather. loose fly- against the curb round, the your 15 on needs sound of "atmgfiaas for ’ Studehaker Power Durability-Finish cour > clutc fun n are | got ation equally as e seen case Simple Greasing Plan. <ult that passing on the right is be. | PAFt Of it is that even for persons|one side of the car on the edge of the sclecting some choice. examples fron; | intersection. The nisk is taken by the |or at medium speed avith ey i Some |35 is “slow,” uninteresting and not What's the Answer? le agreed that parking a car beside a | carious position. “The man who runs |tween the stone and the rim and the A l:": : v n‘:‘im‘ihwsn tions were | genuinely pleasurable. That appears {post, a pole or other obstacle along |into it may only scratch his fender, | fabric is broken is makes a weak o = lesigned specifical . T H X Y loose piston slap loudest? | . to climinate this evil and |has, through habit, become tired of| That in the typical steering gear 5 him of the time a truck caught | lovk up the owner.” there is a blow-out. You may ) | to encourage the practice of keeping |driving 25 on the highways. The |only about a th 2. How fast can the modern racing “,',"‘,’L'},r‘,":,fd,eh:r Ry cas ata pu,,‘m,! o i Steate this an follows: Lay s y PAINTING TIRES USEFUL. to the righ | fruth of the matter seems (o be that|worm wheel shaft are used? This|cars tra e Lesson in Caution. inner tube on au hard surface, place —— |25 1s no longer sufficlently danger:|means that by removing the steering | "3 Aqige from flexibility, what s | only damage was to (hnldoorhhand;\e. 1t Taei Sith deciared: “can vom | o : : advs P but had there been a pole where the 4 . other piece of tube on top. @ “‘Oper f cars in the District {which the Nation finds in flirting |Shaft a third turn, new teeth can r.-{llw outstanding advantage of a four. | DU 0 imagine running into some one's car | gingle thickness of tube top and bot- apparently are unmindful ¢ of fwith trouble. ht - have been considerable. This, com- 4 might otherwise be| 4. What is the test for s bined with the fact that the whole | tell him about jt?” P edge of a hammer. The cloth will be to the Lum. il show that a I percentage of ited adjustment. wheel “Yes, I can,” I replied. “With the|proken where it was hit president Auto- fmg acturers are advertising the 0 d that the guilty party did Spead: ity i 5 demonstrators keep the steering gea |carbon knock in some engines and not :!m‘.,iem;{‘ \’\nlxlzld have i.eu.fl : nlfio ex- | leggers and road hogs driving cars, a ing on the traffic fee's warn- | manufacturer urges prospective own- | %0 adjusted that there is virtually no |in others little thing lke this ought to be ex in, It is becoming a universal prac bel the wheel and hold | play | . x 2 i i | them to cut in and out of traffic and|and look for the answers in this de- | Choosing Parking Space. | to be careful where you park yo 3 street, although every effort has been |, driver mneed to travel 600|DPass others on the Lighways wit partment next Sunday. They lovk| .ywhenever you park yvour car,” I|car.” Whether o made > en- | within the 12 hours of day- went on, ase or can be i 4 not to be recommended for (Copyright. 1 | which other motorists seem to have |said, trying to straighten out his i " the ‘ the-right rule. . vt wlas s AF v, sives |driving, if only because it 1 — e Beware of these. The |fender. “Still, I suppose it is a gentle | When meshed for second. A compa - at will do this, if you want it, give | other motortsts may have had experi tively dry tra n’ will be quiet tlon cle: streets of parked | 'k of spoiling the motor? |Many prospects have turned | ence in leaving their cars at these par- ing. g | s al : cars between t of 8 and 9:15 | Wwas a time when folk be-|500d cars just because they Is there a worn spot where | : ‘The next time you park s direct and if there 3 rest your elbow on the window sill|are used to stopping there to unioad |your car you'll look around and get « | lubricant to keep the t a wider space of travel o9 3 : en- | Iv @ personal preference of the sales. 3 v traffic, unhampered by e g unon, the en- | Jian: starting? Better form the habit of | frequently thrown out the windows. |it. There are places where it is easy It is true that wh Y 5 leaving the window glass up Jjust|The man who parks his car where | for thieves to make away with a g are in the counte drivers take advantage of v = |less trequently in wet weather than a s 4 Sbace t Stbi Bt o T B L e Bor renl | ary? Wet pavements keep {lres| @il save hat mmeh. wear anyway.|ing in and Joading up rue o chance | There are parking spaces where your | ven the i anES Rest your elbow on the edge of the tting his car decorated with dents | car is sed by pedes- which 1 contribn |speed, which experience shows is | confu: b somewhere above the forties for good Mr. Lum suggested that one of the reasons drivers failed to obrerve this the road in man provided smoother driving than the sides. He practice e continued the center of the street would in time develop ruts : who have just taken up mOotoring |road. ny own experience. That is why, also, | man who parks his car in such a pre- | deflated. The shoe is pinched. be. ming more and more popt 155 Did You Know— 1. At what part of its cycle does a ccording to [to kill the argument that every one the curb Mne is not good policy. {and he may not be decent enough to | spot in the tread or side wall and e dealers d of the teeth on the| 2. ] vel in second gear? the machine up on the sidewalk. The | nly dai v | “I'd like to catch the bird who ran | o' thin piece of cloth on that and an- Rule Often Tgnored. ous, and thus fails to offer the “kick” [ever arm and turning the worm wheei 3 . H car was parked the damage would into service, thus greatly | PIV of thin-wall halloon tire? i s % and then not having the decency 1o | tom. Strike 4 heave blow with the e card! eep | A glance at the mobile market 5 i at makes | thing happened while I was in the Automobile salesmen and| 5. Barring preignition, what makes | thing happen number of daredevils, car thieves, boot- s motive Trade Association. in comment- | speed abilfty of their cars. One R e x | pense for me. LISTEN TO GEARS. i in it? Their reason is to enable| (Think these over during the wee pected. It should be a lesson to yoi tice tc e in center of the |} 56 all Why? Does any curate control of the steering. easy, but—-) | “you'll find certain places | *‘Rather an expensive lesson,” Smith courage the exercise of the keep-to Or is it just because a car h oth mined by the overicoked The the regula- |you the thrill of danger without the | InS hard, even though mo Savés'a Tittls Wear. | yarning, as you optimists have & way | tively dry Sojs s i : vou | ticular spots. Perhaps express wagons o'clock and 4 and 6 p.m., was t e {ver sud. |Know that the hard steering was mere- 1 : gttt | b M of the car? Is there a worn spot|large crates, or perhaps clgarettesare | line on the sltuation before you leave | bearings cool, the gear box on the right side of the r x4 That tires puncture and blow out . ; s oo hauk jwas real Wiy § E about three-quarters of an inch. It|dellvery wagons are constantly back- |and other places which protect a car. revolve they reve the aim of and : o Fis |cooler. into the real danger range of| e where pe nde Lefore naugurated.” | gore rule was, perhaps, that the crown of point however, that if this asar How Congestion May Be Avoided. Much congestion can be avoided,” ho continued, “if drivers would use every ch of the roadway. Drivers bould keep to the right, leaving the center space clear for passing cars. At present many cars are foreed to the left side of the road in thelr ef: fort to y - else they must resort 1o the al passing on the right. Eithr aceopted | practice, is cc inciples of driving in t country and is factor in the number mishaps. ashington has than ar r in and motorists should take ad s fact by not @ntract nue of travel to 4 narrow center of the road.” MARYLAND ROAD GIVEN SECOND COURSE OF OIL Morganza to Leonardtown High- the way Stretch Covered—Streets of Latter Town Repaired. The Maryland State Roads Com mission announces that :the second course of oil on the 5.25 mile gravel gap between Morganza and Leonard- town has been completed, while the second course is being applied to the streets of Leonardtown, and will bo continued on to Chingville. The second course of oil has been completed on the Solomons Island road in Calvert County, from Solo- mons to Frazier. Oiling is being done between Frazier and Lusby, and after its completion will be continued on to St CYLINDER HEAD WORK. Can Be Simplifigd by Improvising Handles. cylinder diffi heads are to handle Detacha usually and when sitive » the head without damaging th s are readily made plug shells and a ! nd e bolt or “T" and pa spark plug shell d rivet over the c pin to : 1 off the corners hand event the can be plug orts from 41 the last 12 10biles valued at Seventeen ult of the heavy flow of traffic. | wide | them. | It's just the same old angle, but it's wider. It does not have to be | more hostile to human life, but it is. | Pleasure seems to demand it | Many New Noises Abroad. | Quite a variety of new noises have come into circulation as a result of the new features on the new cars. They are usually nothing to wor: about, but it is well to know wha they are so that you will not be alarmed when, and if, they come {upon vou. Balloon tires throw up considerably |more gravel, loose dirt and stones than their pedecessors. The frequently are showered fr | neath, and, it you are not awa !cause of the r ket you ma imagine something has gone wrong with the | car 1€ a little dirt or a small stone gets |Jammed between the band and drum of a fron an odd scraping nolse that has ail the earmarke of trouble. It will mot usually last more than a few minutes A rotary air cleaner that is not running right will made a noise of its own, and now that engines are so re- markably quiet you are very apt to hear the generator or the fan and be alarmed because you have never heard these parts so_distinctly be- fore. Vibration In the engine h been eliminated to a point whero |xome very critical drivers now feel |and hear the propeller shaft whip- ping a little under certain driving conditions. One of the most important things to watch with the new cars is the exposure of the springs. The new cars are lower. The fat tires toss up more water in wet weather. The re- sult is that a lot of people are hav- ing an overdose of spring squeaks, They do not anticipate so homely an ailment with so modern a car, but the spring squeak is the basis of closed models. These Are Great Days. You can’t obtain a license for a motor vehicle in Connecticut unless you can prove that the machine will do better than 12 miles an hour. The former maximum speed has become the legal minimum speed! One of the casualty Insurance com. panies s now writing insurance against defaulting on your p jon the car when, and if, thro llity, You are unable to | tinancial strain. | You have to take firo and theft in- | surance when you buy a Chrysler car. You are bilied for it in the d price of the car, and, like the | ometer and other familiar acce: on the car, it is regarde standard cquipment and the WeavingMQu:er Webs. Strange things are hap omobile world, test news. Some of the automobile 1ing coupon books which members to help certain g: panies undersell competitor: at this sort of thing soine refiners are giving away touring information which the motor clubs have sp ized Not to sacrifice | ing according any stray dollars Wheel brake there will be | nine-tenths of the noises in the new | ments | 2 | type. When have vou put in enough | grease? There Is no need to worry {on this score if you will follow this | simple plan when greasing a car with | high-pressure lubrication tem: | After pumping in as much ase as | you think the bearing should hold, re- move the grease tube and hold your | finger on the ball check valve of the nipple over the grease hole. If greasc does mot spurt back the bearing can stand more grease. Where grease nip ples are not provided, as on front wheel bearings, it is well to have a spare one handy and screw iz 1nto the opening, since the ordinary openin | will often spurt back when the bear | ing is still but half filled with grease Lessons From Accidents. Investigation of a recent accident | disclosed the fact that the drive struck u telegraph pole in trying to| avold a stray cow on the highway. | Damage {0 the chassis and body of the machine revealed the fact that the car was being driven at a high rate’ of speed, which at once established the guilt of the driver. Also the folly. | Whenever there is a cow on the | highway common sense demands very reduced rate of speed. probably | not more than 10 miles an hour. At this rate of speed the mere striking of a pole in an effort to avoid hittin the animal would have no dire results. | The most inexcusable act of driving is hitting' something while -trying to | |avold something else. Two wrongs | never make a right. ! Did You Know. That in the making of your car as many as 700 or more patents are| honored? The automobile manufac- | turers, through their chamber of | commerce, have a cross-agreement | covering this long list of patents on various features of the average car. That alcohol put into the gas tank | will increase the gas mileage and stop carbon knocks? A mixture of alcohol cocks in tablespoonful lots now and again will also be effective as a | carbon remover if you do not care to ! stand the expense of alcohol as a regular fuel adulterant. | That bedy squeaks are directly re lated to the weather? On a damp day the wood of the body will often | swell just enough to cause a little | noisy friction, where in contracting slightly in dry weather it will remove | {the friction ‘and automatically stop the noise. Starting the Motor. Have you a definite order for start. | ing the motor? Or do you do things | a littlo different way each time and | thus make troublo for yourself when your engine stalls at an eml . | | moment? The starting process should [be &0 habitual as to bo almost auto. | | matic. Here is the normal procedure | for a motor that is already warm Set throttle at one-fourth open posi tion. Retard spark slightly unless ignition is of semi-automatic ndvance Turn on_ignition on | starter. Choke for an instant if en- gine does not start promptly. Have this order fixed clearly in your mind and you will not be confused in | an_emergency. When starting a cold engine, how- ever, the process should not be ha bitual, nor is habit necessary under such conditions. Here you have no need to hurry. Here vou should study THERE’S A FILLING STATION NEAR YOU A Sign to “Go By” But Never to TNING MOTOR FUEL 2510357 MORE POWER MORE MILES Make LIGHTNING your motor’s steady diet and you'll see your car growing steadily in power, speed and en- durance. You'll notice its benefits first in INCREASED ACCELERATION. And speed maintained, you know, is equally important with speed picked up. FUEL OIL Our Fuel Ofi PENN OIL CO. Rosslyn, Va. Department specializes ek Service Ofl for all type Burners. Ploufi':lkf"l. and Kerosene, poured through the pvli- From Columbus: “In my sixteen years automobile experience have never displayed a car, regardless of price, that has been so well received by general public. Car has abundance of power and rides far superior to any- thing near its price class. Hundreds in our showroom daily.” Moyer Oldsmobile Company From Indianapelis: “Big crowds immensely interested in latest Oldsmobile Six. The combination of the car’s good looks, superb performance and startling new price is almost unbelievable. Need four hundred more cars at once.” J. S. McFarland, Lathrop-McFarland Co. From Boston: “New series Oldsmobile attracting more favorable comment in Boston than any Oldsmobile ever exhibited here. After 3 days showing still drawing large crowds.” v Boston Oldsmobile Ca. From Detroit: “Wonderful reception accorded Series D Model 30 Oldsmobile in Detroit. Have ene hundred fourteen orders for immediate delivery. Looks like the banner year for Ol ile.” 5 Chas. P. Brady From Salt Lake City: “First showing new Oldsmobile models in Salt Lake City created greatest interest ever shown in this territory. With greater beauty, finer performance and lower price we have evulmwb&w 'we are entering our greatest Oldsmobile year.” A. E. Tourssen From Chicago: “Never in the history of Oldsmobile have we had such a sweeping success as that which followed the announcement of our new series D car. Have had five requests for Oldsmobile franchise from dealers handling other lines in Chicago. Need two hundred more cars immediately.” C. H. Hurst From Minneapolis: “Wherever D series shown dealers report unusual crowds. Twin city showrooms crowded since Saturday noon. Find great enthusissm Duluth also. Dealers reporting many sales.” E. F. Glenny From San Francisco: “San Francisco public enthusiastically received Oldsmobile series D and marvelled at increased efficiency of motor. Its high gear perform- ance on San Francisco hills better than any previous Oldsmobiles. Its motor flexibility remarkable.” J. W. Leavitt & Co, “In the more than quarter century that Oldsmobile has been con- stantly represented in the nation’s capital no previous announcement of model or prices has met with the instant approval and purchasing that greeted the latest Oldsmobile Six.” Dick Murphy, Inc. From Denver: “Unloaded car load for show yesterday. After running new car forty fmfla took five pegle up logkou;egr{ounus in hid]: gear easily. body usiastic t performer of any car ] ever drove.” it ) gt s C.L Ackerson From New York: “Oldsmobile a striking success. Our five branch stores repart un- precedented business. New York entirely sold out. Oldsmobile is the outstanding value this in its price class.” 2 b P Cutting Larson Co. From Buffalo: “Introduction ot new car in Buffalo and ter- nurgt-he:vu Greater Bea Finer D — rmarcs | wnd Lower Price ! N0t one -- But All Three e Now there can be no doubt as to the public’s approval of this latest Oldsmobile Six. East, west, north, south—one hears enthusiastic comments concerning its enhanced beauty, its swifter acceleration, nimbler roadability and smoother operation. A few of these typical opinions are repro- duced here. Read them carefully. They indicate that all America was quick to grasp the significance of this latest Oldsmobile achievement—a uniformly better, more substantial car—despite a sharp reduction in Oldsmobile prices. The Initial Cash Payments Are— $326 Coach, §343 Touring, Sedan, $370 Your present car can be used as whole or part of the initial cash payment and the balance in monthly installments. DRICK MURPHY, Inc, RJ. MURPHY, Presioeay DISTRIBUTOR® 1835 14th Street Open Evenings DEALER CENTRAL AUTO COMPANY Alexandria, Va. Potomac 1000