Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1925, Page 65

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 25, DUST BIG FACTOR -~ INLIGHTS' GLARE Lenses ' and Wmdshleld Should Be Kept Clean, Experts Declare. ing he N. Smit Ame Ak tion who | cautions s to keep the head’ light to the 1t club ct result un ,‘Insh‘uctwn in Schools on Traffic| condit the ave the « Clean headl help in ti we ouid be a ma of safeguard TRACE MANY ACCIDENTS | TO UNINFORMED DRIVERS (C ued from Sixth Page.) tion with the re to his ¢ more driver, directi to sper ing the contrc what he preventec ressive driver | le time each day explor Is and | £00d condition is liubl Notonly canyou save $40t0 §60 by reason of the reduced GMAC time payment rates—but the Oakland Six new prices are now $70 to $350 Labor Urges State | How Vapor System of Lubrication ! gerous to automobile t; 1925—PART 3 2,000 AUTO DRIVERS HELD LIABLE TO FINE Operators of Vehicles Violate the Law Relating to Transpor- tation at Ferries. Highway Building With Federal Aid Completion of State highway svstems with the continued sup- port of the Federal Government was urged in a resolution adopted by the national convention of the American Federation of Labor in session Jast week at Atlantic City. Another resolution adopted at the same convention pledged the support of the American Federa- tion of Labor to the campaign of the Inte tion: sociation of Machinists to organize automobile mechanics throughout the coun- A Yederal statute dating from 1905, which forbids motorists starting their cars before ferryboats on which they are traveling are made fast to the docks, has been playing havoe with New York automobile owners. More than 2,000 drivers of vehicles carried on the ferries of the metropolis since May last were found violating the law and became liable to a fine not exceed ing $500. The fine was fixed at the $500 maxi- "PUPILS GUT NUMBER OF AUTO ACCIDENTS | onthe’ i ‘e Siaren: o, montia later two navigation inspectors left — | Washington for New York with in | structions to enforce the law. Their | continuous riding on the ferries was fruitful to the extent of noting the 2,000 violations, all of which were re. ported and offenders fined Violators of the law were not in- |formed of their misdemeanor at the time of its occurrence, but later re- ceived a form letter from Washing- ton, the identity of the culprit being traced through the license number on the car, Commerce Department officlals Skt at complaints reached them 1o ork has become a | Spring that motoris i of instruction | enxines on ferry b ent of the ci B! was rent of the l C1 pupils ave ters of \|.|Hn ‘uul lm\l‘ ex- Safety Shows Good Results for Whole Nation. Public schools throughout the coun. accomplishing a 5 per cent ction in traffic fatalities among & to a_survey com Nutional Automobile | | th: were starting s and that sued tha the prac Complainants ob- | Jected to the practice on the ground ni e reinBaR ofiNan t fires and dents have been the necessity of faith. ed by res from automo- the regulations laid |biles on the The usual fine wuthorities |said to" have rveceived from various ocalities showsthut 30 per cent of the fatalities for the first eight months of t car involvgl minors, as con. with 35 per cent for the same ba rats. ON ROADS FORBIDDEN Connecticut Highway Department | Points to Hazard to Trafiic and Asphalt Surfaces. . that fewer children are | meeting with disast o the teache 1 George M n ic planning and sufety com- | fonal Automobile | o | To protect the highwa | cut the State highway and polie partments are prepared to prosecute | persons burning leaves or rubbi or adjoining the State roads. # practice also Is deemed highly dan- affic. s in Connecti- t FUNCTIVON OF} OILERS. Although the fires started in the gutters, it s pointed out, the heat from them is sufficient to draw the ks | olls from the bituminous surface of Onezates. ;hl‘ 3 Hm( to warrant a few rem: operatior ating the walls of the cylinders |ace to public safety and a he point usually reached by the maintenance _expense, | > the cylinders with the s ind in vapor form ppens during the intake one piston. During the the oily vapor | und the | around | e slatile oils substances which may taining | be jgnited | Ammeter Gauges Road. How rough is the road? The am. : meter pointer is flickering the : bt only increases compression | Swer. Switch off the ignition while | friction during | the car is going. variations in the | engine in|ammeter indicate t to be running | gine nd wheels are rotating uneven- 'iy, due to the humps in the road. seal of each piston : a cyele when the av hot at the cylinde That suddenly found the interesting man Kkindness as of the car. instance, to note the type of radia core used on his car. ed of the time when he did not know whe! pl.l( SEES SERVICE CLASH WITH CAR OWNERSHIP 'BURNING OF RUBBISH | Mr. drivers and that adding the jc servicing the car is often the feature h: tation, stder age man would not think of a ing to build his own car, yet he ines he can keep it built at genorator, en- |serv John Smith and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He it not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to have explnnu.L in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. No. 121—Round the Radiator. Except for polishing the nickeled shell and adding water now and then Smith had never pald m to the radiator. job in its tertained a strange belief that nothing that he could do would lengthen the useful life of this unit protection in freezing weather. attention barring its But then there developed a leak. changed the picture. Smith radiator a very ponsive to hu- any other unit affair, ri It had never occurred to him, for He was remind- her the clutch in his car was a a disk or a cone type. tu- t | Motor Company Head Criticizes Attempt to Combine the Two in Business. Service is a automobile not be under been §10 o ar owner This is the bellef of experienced au- omobile dealers, according to oolican, president of the Packard ‘ashington Motor Car Co. Coolican says that of motorists are both a majority owne d of apse in the effi tion of automobile | portation is highly specialized ch of the new 1];1"\ of transpor: he de “When on the & hat have failed and the problems pre sented\to even the most succ them, owner that he belief of the ave can take ¢ uccesstully shows up as an of overconfidence, problem the n connection with | the highway and cause a serious men- | ca more highly eff vention to use prove his wor and still his car wve plenty of time intelligently and im as chauffeur. “It is too much for the average 15 the large number of shabby The aver mpt ag- do everything o He concedes that the more does, but he ced e good cars You can now save as much as $40 to $60 on the purchase of an Oakland Six on time. GMAC Time Payment Rates, always the low- est in the industry, have recently still lower. They include Fire been made and Theft Insurance for the purchaser for one year. You can run your Oakland Six for two months Tower. your car out of income. or more on the amount you save in buying on the GMAC Plan. Come in today—select your Oakland Six—learn how easily you can buy Local Delivered Prices of the Oakland Six ROADSTER DELIVERED PRICE Cash Price " Time Price _ | $1,075.00 $1, 1520 00 TOURING CAR $1.130.00 '$1.209.00 COACH LANDAU COUPE $1.200.00 $1.283.00 $1,235.00 $1.319.25 SEDAN $1,305.00 LANDAU SEDAN 14th St. Branch 1612 14th St. N.W. 51.305.00 $1.394.25 $1.410.00 $1.505.50 ADAMS MOTOR CO. DISTRIBUTOR 2015 Fourteenth St. N.W. Phone Pot. 1742 SERVICE STATION 1701 Kalorama Rd. N.W. WINNING AND HOLDING GOOD WILL OAKLAND SIX \ rally he was ; this | or fins. | ator. | result, of neglect on your part This had | The usceptible to every error possible in the care, or lack of care, of his radiator. He was surprised to learn that the radiator of his car was of the honeycomb type, whereas he had been treating though it were the tubular type. Tubular Type Stronger. “The tubular type,” I told him, the stronger of the two, but it is not as eflicient as the more honeycomb type. Just in every other unit in the car, each type advantages and disadvantag trick is to compensate for the dis advantages by applying the right kind *| of care.” 1 showed him, for instance, h ) sults in increased cooling area, at the same time the water in the r ore is subjected to the cold | :h greater extent. In the tubular type of radiator, on the other hand, the water does not circulate through the fins themselves, Cooling is not so direct, and the hazard of sng is not so great. the fator as | common | R passage of the water. Some of the impurities, an process, tend to weaken the cells.” Smith expressed himself as favor- ing the tubular type of radiator, but | that was because he was meeting too many of the disadvantages of the honeycornb type. It i{s true the fins of the tubular type of radiator can be roughly handled without risk of starting a leak and th: the water in this type will not fre 00 2 experience has heen that your | type of went on. hot ng flatten a it s | there » not obstru type however, s that if t e somewhere a pressure is likely to be set up with- in these comparatively delicate cells If you ha en using w containing impurities and have ne taken the trouble t n out the rad the cells are w 1 time when you should operate at It of Neglect. “It loc though this leak is the Last you used an anti-freeze com caleium chloride a_corrosive action on the amounts to winter pound containing ened and may | efficient,” I | ¢ will run cool | » of course, the rusting | tubular type may be so large and so| of the :ze as quickly. | if radlator covering devices are used. Possibly You Filled Your Tank With a Substitute for Cold mornings mean hard-starting motors unless your tank contains LIGHTNING MOTOR FUEL, which invariably insures Prompt Starting, e It depends, of course, upon the design adiator. There are poor tubu- lar radiators, as well as poor honey- comb_ones. Smith decided a_radiator leak was As a matter of fact, the tubes of the| strong that they will not burst. untl the car has been subjected to a gr amount of cold But there is n-| other side to the question. heipful in starting dn inmr(rlnntlon ]::k. I explained to Smith that because | He wanted to be on hand to gather the tubular type did not provide for so | Up the opportunities as they leaked great an area of more direct cooling, | o1t such radiators usually run hot in Sum’ | (Copyright. 1025.) mer and sometimes too hot ir. Winter, = | (Next Week—Olling Neglected Parts) Quick Acceleration and Big Mileage, in addition to LESS CARBON. 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