Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1925, Page 73

THE *SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, OCTOBER 18 1925—PART 3. 35 e e, LAUREL SPEEDWAY 11,000-MILE AUTO TRIP | The tons-stance sutomoio eraveler. | CAILL AUX BALKS NOW John Smith and His Car SHOWS NEW DAY MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORIST? ACROSS U. S. REVEALS | mable ime and distance b wonvine | o7 NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS tains an average rate of speed of —— BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. FAST THINKERS FOR FAST TRAFFIC. . 3 s e 7 . RUSSELL FOR MOTORDOM Bteoarat by e WasHington Al miBHve Teshs PAEacciationy EXCELLENT ROADS O oade s & hour ° AUl Revolts at Pfforts: to Pakel His Picture When His Ship (Continued from Seventh Page.) R Are traffic delays a result of slow thinking? S John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He FTh mot an'u (Continued from Seventh Page.) Sees New Field Opened. : T ~~ = | | drivers who are seldom delayed in getting about the city. Nears Havre. . 4 " 1t is not an unreasonable question to ask, because there are some : e kol it not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to S o e e i e Mr. Smith believes that transcon- | have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of daily motoring when the police who the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. No. 120—Being Towed Home. Our plan of getting home on our wits was working out well enough on & recent trip until a member of Smith’s party became ill. We had consumed quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to overcome the various dif- ficulties of Wriving in second gear, but, with 35 miles vet to go, some quicker method of travel had to be devised, “I think I had better tow you,” I finally suggested to Smith. “You have learned how to get home on your wits, and I'll venture to predict that you'll find your way out of most difficulties in the tuture. But your friend is not heing benefited by the delay. Get out vour tow rope and I'll pull you the est of the way."” The mention of the tow line worried Smith perceptibly. I haven't got one.” he stam- mered, mopping the perspiration from his brow. Smith gazed in silence while 1 went to the tool box on my car and took out a new metal tow line. It looked to be a very simple process, and because Smith was beginning to smile again I lost no time in disfllusioning him. Towing Is Man's Job. *T can see that vou have never been towed before,” I began, ‘“otherwise | vou would not be taking the job. if you L lot of time and trouble by getting | ogether on this hefore we start The first th to do is to lock the transmission gears in neut You o been shifting gears so much to. ciously you may star shifting while 1 am towing. You've | got enough -ansmission trouble now without wrecking the whole business. I don't care whether you switeh on the engine or press on the brakes now and then. You'll be doing those things real harm. ‘““The next point is that we must agree on some signaling system. I'm soing to hold out my hand when I In- tend to stop. If my rear signal stop- light flashes befo mal with my hand vou will know that I am going kly. That will be your cue t as quickly as ¥¢ an my hand, and | Since there will be many cars passing [ smoothness that will suggest safety us, and sounding their horns, too, I|and when the violator will be fmme- 0,” the automobile man replied. £ Well," came the explanation, “I'd use my head a little and dodge s SRl e il . this traffic If T thought you wanted to get there quick. . toimendhnwering ichode iwhouiayittie “I'd just as soon not drive fast,” the dealer added. sust L Tmemt Foln” to drive fast,” the taxi driver explained; °T was more steep hills, and then we have Kingsiat b ust goin' to think a lttle faster. You see, n't been o quick Faco =0k stepiMpito mowilevela ot || || onliheleoccalerator I woudn't have caught updw(th these cars and got the way. Just a final tip on the hill, il i . stranded. I could have made a right turn and gone around this me Rowever. When we a0 hot meed tolgs | ore, BIElY regarded either by the | | GRVAN r've'n right to be tired once In & while, ‘Which will it be? It begins to look as if many drivers are too tired to drive slowly, think quickly and get to their destinations promptly and with little fuss. | the-whip me. And, when we | | reach the suppose vou take the | British Department Seeks to De- when traffic will proceed with a ‘Are you in a hurry?” think you had better give three short | diately disqualified “and prohibited stop. I can't make any mistake then.|game squarely. “Fortunately there are only a few| Year after year the automobile fairly level stretches the remainder of In no sport is fair play into second gear, but when it will be | (- sposi. | | 28 You're not in any hurry. necessary to keep your car under con- | on when mites nre v raapok Fast driving or fast thinking. trol, remember fo alternate in using | two a minute or more, but the speed- the brakes. Do not use the service | way stars see in it the basis of all brake constantly, nor the emergency. [ achievement, co-operation. © one and then the other, using | This is one of the features of speed. for only a minute at a time. SRR Will prevent burning out the niorrow’s motoring on everybody's highway. It shows why daily motor- ing is at present suffering through an excess of accldents and why there are | If car owners would check up with traMc delays. Co-operation is win- | each other a little more, life would ning the speedway’s race against time | be a whole lot easier for automobile and distance. It can do the same for | repairmen. It’s fine for repairmen to everyday motoring and more. It can|be able to pass out information and prevent excessive and restrictive laws | comfort car owners when they've got and regulations. It can be insurance | trouble on their minds, but all this Together. It may be well for us to stop | 25ainst delays and disaster. free information doesn't pay the rent. When we reach the eity and shortem | The racing stars are a group of |It doesn't even pay the motorist. tho tow line. &6 that our cars will ne |Sportsmen. They are working together | There have been at least a dozen Closer togtier. Wa' will be ruaning | for greater results. They are the key- | owners in here durin’ the past month slower then and there will be less [StoNes of automobiledom's great lab-|to ask me to line up their front S | oratory, the speedway. Their personal | wheels. They notice the right side of th agrecd that these points were | COmpetition Is straightforward, clean, | the right front tire seems to wear a important, but Re had a few | PrOBressive. They do not toss each |little more than the other tires, and et other aside in order to get d. just | don’t know that this always has been ; mind that 1'm at tha | 10 10Se becausa thev lack the feature | the case. Only balloon t mag end of the rope,” he said. “Don’t swing | 0f co-operative effort. Can the same | nify it Tn and out of things or £o fast around | P& said for present evervday motor Some treads on tires of certain corners, unless you want to play snap- | '"& makes have a habit of wearin' in a o e A feature of the speedways is that | peculiar way. It worries a lot of mo- | safety is being developed through | torists, but, like most worry, it's use- b hat will save the an- |sheed Tt is another instance wherein f jess. All the motorist has t6 do is to | novance of trafic.” the speedway is the prophet of all|]ook at other cars equipped with these 5 - . | motordom. At the Baltimore-Wash- Smith was learning. While 1t took | M© 5 tires or consult the owners when there about 10 minutes to plan our pro- [iNSton track curves are banked so Other Points to Watch Later. “When we reach the city there will e other points to watch. The most fmportant of these is to guard against having some one cut in between us. It will be dark by the time we reach home, and some careless driver may not notice that our cars are hitched Driving with a taxi driver the other day, a member of this organi- watch from the traffic towers will zation had an opportunity to observe the traffic situation from a new control traffic to the smallest detall, angle. The taxi came to a halt at every crossing and appeared to be making little headway. Finally the driver asked: It's all right, being THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS: is a chance to swap experlences. general opinion and not be guided by just one other car owmer's ideas or T used to have a chap in the valves experiences. here regularly ground in until he told me that some friend of his who had a similar car ! sald there would be trouble if the car ent over 5,000 miles without havin’ this work done. A car owner might co; of his on somse point, and, findin’ the the same experience, might let it go at that, never realizin’ ult & friend friend havin’ I've known cases where the trouble is too new for the repairer, and where his advice might addin’ fuel to the flames, so to speak best idea is to perienced car owners, take it up with them and find out just how near one's experience matches theirs. cedure, we reached home a half hour [Eh that safety is possible only with = e Ot | sDeed. 80 far as the average mind ’ PO Tl S P hine | eome e Sy e S | eeee it axpent ot 1t | MODEL'S DEATH STOPS | Cuba Taxes Autos |power. They were minutes well spent. ;o' ot evervthing in control. ®| WORK ON CHRIST PICTURE ‘The new models in racing are here. —_— Within a week the greatest drivers of | Artist Unable to Find Man Able all time will be demonstrating the latest speed cars. to Replace Ice Cream Seller . for Sittings. STUDIED BY GOVERNMENT i) e = REFORESTATION SUCCESS |y, 10 assoctated Pross On Wheelbase Under New Law Cuba’s new transportation basing charges for passenger vehi- roads. frequently misleading term, there ap- peared the more specific and in- formative words ‘curve,’ ‘slow’ or caution.’ This manner of marking is far superior to the blind indication of danger and serves to tell the mo- torist the kind of hazard ahead so that he may make his own prepara- tions for meeting it. When the word ‘danger’ does appear one knows that it really means just that and he is prepared to take extra precautions for meeting the emergency. Uniform Marking Needed. “A need for uniform marking, how- ever, was evident throughout the trip.” Traffic signs are so different and speed limits vary to such an extent that it is easy to see how contused a motorist might become when traveling so far. In going from one State to another there are at times radical differences between the laws governing the use of the high ways and the cities passed through have a multiplicity of traffic signs and practices that are conspicuous for their lack of ‘uniformity. “Uniform designation of the high- ways and standard road signs are evidently the most satisfactory solu- tion to this major problem of motor- ing over long distances. The advan- tage of the plan of the United States Bureau of Public Roads and State highway officials calling for uniform numbering of the highways and erec tlon of standard road signa is well demonstrated on such a trip. Fre quently the motorist finds himself following a route bearing one num ber that is changed to another at the HState line. All this confusion | would be eliminated by such a plan of uniform signs and markings. “The roads of the Pacific Northwest excel for their distinctive method of road marking. A pumber in large black numerals, displayed with an ar- row, clearly point the way for the tourist over thess highways.” Night Driving Facilitated. Possibilitles for gaining time on a long trip through driving at night offer a peculiar advantage to the long- distance motorist, Mr. Smith pointed out. Night driving was made pos- sible for the A. A. A. officials by making the trip in a Cadillac car of the sedan type, the interfor of which Instead of that general and|tinental motoring has opened a new | and enjoyable field for the motorist. | B the Assoclated Press With a car that is adequately equi PARIS, October 17.—Tha uniform ped and another person along Who | .ooq nature which Joseph Caillaux can alternate in driving, the general manager of the A. A. A. considers it showed to newspaper men and pho- entirely possible for any motorist to | tographers while on his debt funding travel from any Eastern city 1o San | mission to the United States changed Francisco within seven days. “For the Eastern motorist the Pa as soon as he was again within cifioc Northwest offers unusual oppor- | French jurisdiction. When the liner tunities for enjoying good roads and France neared port at Havre she was beautiful scenery. It is the greatest| o) miles out by & tug bearing offi- undeveloped touring ground in Amer ica. The Fall of the year is an excel- | ¢fals and politiclans, lent time to visit this section of the country,” sald Mr. Smith. From British Columbia the two A friends of the minister of finance and the ubiquitous newspaper and came M. Caillaux gre ndr eff A. A. officials went by boat to Alaska. | gively, spoke cord he Omctals Despite its sparsely settled regions, they found a greater number of motor | cars than one would expect to find Ketchikan, Alaska, a town of but a few hundred population, boasts of 345 motor cars, although it has only 11 miles of roads avallable, including | three miles of streets and eix miles of a highway leading to a roadhouse. Ketchikan has lald the foundations for its own club membership in the American Automobile Assoclation, because its residents are planning to extend the road around the island on which the town stands, and they are looking to America’s big motoring or ganization for help and advice to im- | prove their road facilities. It was at Douglas, Alaska, that Mr Smith met John King, an aged pros pector, who, despite his 85 years, cher ished clear recollections of Washing ton. His familiarity with the ¢ i however, was as a city of Civil W days, when his company of the Union Army was reviewed by President Lin coln near the Capitol. Asks After “Flats” Here. King inquired after the “Washing ton flats,” as a secton of the city in the vicinity of the Capitol Building was known more than half a century ago. He also wanted to know what | had been done with the breastworks on Kalorama Heights and was s\ prised to learn that bulidings now were scattered for many miles around the city. His remembrance of the District and its environs was that Georgetown was a considerable dis tance from the populated section of the city, and he clearly recalled community then known as “Rockv Town.” King has spent more than ! and even ma . his equanimity when questioned by the correspc idenly, however e min click of cameras and motion picture m chines. “No, No miore photog raphers nema 1 it you “ M E ed in eremptory tor showed conslderable progress in ro building. Nevada, which sti b long stretches veloped hig 111 give LONDON, October 17.—Frank Bran.| cles on wheelbase and trucks by 5 : i : Y | was specially equipped for sleeping termine Why Collars Are Frayed, |Trees Planted in U. S. Forest in|gwyn, the famous portrait painter and| capacity, now fs in effect, says |purposes by having the seat next to 1016 Are 8 to 18 Feet High. member of the Royal Academy, who| &n Associated Press dispatch from |the driver fitted with a hinged back > - o Havana. to permit laving it down and placing EUGENE, Ore., October 17 () |)2s been working for nearly elght There are five classes for the |z mattress lengthwise In the car. So o . s 5 (gt -5 Reforestation in ' the Mount Heho |Vears on a painting of Jesus, Which| jageenger vehicles, as follows: |smooth was the going that in Wyom- Holding Car on Grade. LONDON, October 17.—The mys-|Douglas fir area of the Siuslaw Na- | he hoped to make his masterpiece, has| Under 105 inches wheelbase, $40 |ing M mith wrote two letters while | s interrupted to why collars are fraved and ;I‘;‘:\\'(\l‘]}4'\::'9::;:{[\’!]“1 o ‘flr:‘ll'j;\-fhfs been forced to sugpend work just as vear; to 120 Inches, $30; 128 |the car was being driven at 40 miles | \giRER, D00 ® o SO TN o ee would do in th ons broken when the laundry | JEVS0 TaTE 0TS (o 16 feet high, the | the picture was nearing completion be '.s;’y: h;f.,v:::u.e\, §15. and |an hour. s ek | arl Cilcago e idon et A1d that the | comes home hiag claimed the attention | sverage helght being 10 feet; gause he cannot fnd & amodel Whol Trucks with « carrying canacity |the development of night driving.” 11,000 Miles of Road Good. CALI Jnshir L nected | of the serious-minded British govern-| In addition to the replanting started i _ : larger than seven tons are pro. |said Mr. Smith. “So many motorisis| Joads throughout the 11,000-mile with t ce brake would puzzle in 1912, approximately 130,000 firs|ception of Christ. Ilis original model, [ (AT&er, tha o ton ; e e 20ac gh A i = e o { ment. The government, moreover, 1s 243 e . Four|an Italian {oe cream vendor, named| fooied. Whe yearly charge for tho | astop at night when they could Cof |joutney were in such fine condition C l b 5276 o “we'll | spending a considerable amount. of | cur or g e rs thams fy 0. HOUT| Gerva, died suddenly not long ago.| IOUr classes range from §25 for a |tinue their driving with & great deal {{hat the officials who made the trip olumbia g N ) E le 2 | out of five of these trees are growing, three-quarter-tonvehicle 1o $400 |more safety than during the daytime. | could not fail to be impressed by the 1421 Irving St. N.W. lash red right you will know that I am simply slowing down or coming 1o a gradual stop. That will save you s ming on the brakes and straining the | By the Associated Press. 30 vears in Alaska, and it is more than half a century since he was in Washington. | The return trip from Vancouver British Columbia, to Detroit was made in less than 75 hours. The route lay Buttons Broken. Closed Car Comfort through Seattle, Spokane. Butte, At Open Car Cost any | money in seeking a solution of the | except on the highest nmunmnn..:‘n‘:_:h|':2°;f:‘,r‘3‘|’°' r‘;;’;‘fl"‘n :;: ':E;’"’[ for seven tons' capacity. Cars become fewer on the roads at | excellence, according to Mr. Smit &'| riddle, but admits that the quest thus | where thers fs little protection from | 2&rching Iiurope for snme one to in axicabs are given a spectal con. |night and with trafiic lighter driving | who declared that, although he has been unsuccessful | the elements. apize hintiln phintingithe ! "| cession, their tax being one-halt |becomes safer, since congestion usual- | ways told his hearers, when invited T'his became known through the an e - 1Y S Bl e Bt b it the amounts assessed privately Jv is_at the bottom of highway |to speak. that t ouncement by the government de § jase i i ]'“ "‘, ‘{"“';";" x’r, owned machines. Small American |hazards. During a period of more |were unsurpassed, rtment for scientific and industriat| First Water Mains of Wood. |51'd £7eat spirftuality showed in his| cars are in taxi service through- |than four hours in one night on the |to other sections of the country > face. For vears he sat for the artist 1 i ch that for a four-year period it | correspondence of the Associsted Prees | g e an‘wv"‘de out the island and far outnumber |way we passed only four cars, which |to give special mention to the 1t ributed to the British Laun-| " [ONDON, ~September 26.—Rem- | scribes the ice cream man as & perfect | —hoSein private use. _____ |shows that a motorist is overlooking | ways of California, Washir other motorists . earch Association the sum | nunis of London's rst water mains, |sitter. Good progress was made on| thiasnest sime: o dutying snhen lle] Oragai that when I sign: E | of £12.605 (about $63.000) to further|yhich were of hollowed oak, were|the masterpieca until all should be|interviewed many people, from dikes fines his trip only in the daytime. | The roads e Soniee 4 he attempt to find means for pre-|yunearthed in Red Lion Square. Ex-|done but the face. to costermongers, but none of them of them will not rting fraying of collars and the de- | perts estimated the wood was laid| Just as Mr. Brangwyn had reached | has the requisite spirituality in his ng towed uction of buttons. Nevertheless, | ypproximately 300 vears ago by onethe point where the great alm of his|face. The search continues, however. = - n | collars still come home with saw-tooth | of the first utility companies in this|life seemed about to be achieved,[and the artist's friends throughout s and shirts rbturn l»ul‘nnlc.“_ | counts Gerva died, since then the artist has| Europe are a: ting. The presidentofa great motor car com- pany building eights and sixes, was asked the question, “Which do you consider the ultimate engine for auto- mobiles, four, six or eight cylinders?” Answer: “There is no ultimate engine for automobiles. There will always be fours, sixes and eights; the four for straight utility, the six for utility com- bined with a degree of luxury, but the eight is the ultimate in smooth, ample power.” He is right. Line Eight Sedan $1845. Line Eight Playboy $1695. All Modern Conveniences CKARD cars have all modern conveniences. And they are the only cars that have, Some day, and some day soon, a car without easy chassis lubrication and means of keeping the motor oil pure will be as out of date as a house with- out a bath or furnace. By the way, old fashioned houses are not bringing much when offered for sale in these modern days. How about old fashioned cars a year or two from now? The new Packard owner lubricates his car in less time than it takes to sound the horn. JORDAN Washington COMPANY 1800 14th Street B CKARD Prices quoted f. 0. b. Cleveland. Add Federal Tax. Both Packard Six and Packard Bight are aveilable The Packard Washington Mdtor Car Company y Connecticut at S North 600