Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1926, Page 62

'HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO .. JANUARY 24, 1926—PART 3. OFFICIALS WHO VIOLATE || PO¥N THE ROAD—The Desertr. 1926 AUTO SHOW TO SET AUTO LAWS ARE SCORED| | WILLIE DISCOVERS THE NEW RECORD IN SPLENDOR K i oy OATH OF ALLEGIANCE IS5 NOT e : Police, Mail Truck Drivers and Others| | SO EASILY IGNORED — Most Comprehensive and Vivid Display Attacked for Violating Regulations. z ' to Tell Story of 1925 Progress ‘ Declared to Be Worst Offenders. of Industry. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. officer would not move over and obey ., A motor-wise Capital City will pause| And, as for the cars to he show ow it's the United States mail| The use of brass buttons for the & for an account taking of automotive |Much may be said. To paraphrase the truck drive the motor cycle police | purpose of personal violations of law g progress during the vear just ended |°ftauoted saying, the car's the thing and the folk who dash around with |and ordinances is meeting with Nation- / R 4| and’it will be no less true of the 1926 “official” written on their cars who are | wide condemnation. Wealth, once the : tain goes up on the an-|motor exposition. Characteristics bor oming fn ‘or censure at the hands of | great factor in in exoneration, seems to - B t 7:30 o'clock [rowed from the t powerfu safet ates who believe in equal {be giving way to the official cloak. o e : the Washing- | motors of the race track found lintri 1 even ‘of criticism Motorists are plainly incensed over iiE L orum tintie through- | their way into the most recent models Rici: men’s sons and daughters, long | the new turn in the safety problem. o f thainent weel S Ability to cling to the road with less 1eld up as public examples of WIlfUl | ~What Fight, many are asking, o, exhibltion which should surpass |ened mhocks in gearing are of no les: dfsregard for law, are to enjoy a much | “has a motor cycle officer to speed up pther anpual motor expositions is Lo, importance than the needed respite from the limelight of [and down a. thoroughfare . while |[Eatarteraniivg St u;vcm this vear. It|piled upholstery and an abundance of public attention. The recklessness of | presuming to guard the public and 156 eRat e e Lk and contint |iroom) withir « moneyed youth in his flashy, high- | discourage recklessness?"” the Wi {) "I t -'\ B oN coxntice - Many “hits” of 1t <peed roadster is ndw viewed as'an old | A safety advocate who endeavors to the Washington Automotive Trade As-| will he exhibite e will be t} story. The modern chapter in safety [apply the rules of common sense while sectation. comprising Rudolph Jose, | Chrysler Imperial * the Pont has a few words to say about the |driving tells the following apropos 4 B Gy Pl i ses SPencor| the Sintz Vertical persons who hide their recklessness |story: < B Curray, Frank C. Stewart and J.|other advances desig Jehind brass buttons and high-sound-| “I had stopped beside a street car Dlannanl The: ‘oxnibits cartily ing 2ne wor features ing_titles. to await discharge of passengers when with the dominant idea of giving the| o ed i annuas Complaints are made by motorists in [a loud cry of indignation suddenly National Capital a comprehensive re. | ro A& of i otordom has bee many sections that State police, whose | went up from the driver of the oo cepital ¢ comprehensive re | accompiishing is a fact not to duty it is to set a good example for the | hind me. His horn screamed Hctordom ; RoL be overlooked in anticlp: motoring public as well as to enforce {of the way!” but I did not move be- F T ranarations for the 1926 show have|510W that virtually every make o the law, are speeding up and down the | cause of the universal law forbidding . 7 been made with the predominant idea | (¥ 07 the exhibition floor will have ighways and showing little regard |the passing of standing street cars D ~ of presenting u composite of automo. tured offer 1 special ¢ for the trafflc statutes. These officers | while they are taking on or discharg: ¢ | tive progress. which will include the | “Cteristics which give it a definite Show by thelr actlons that they belleve |ing passengers, and furthermore, be- 4 ) surprises that elicited the “Ah’s” ang | 507 T0F existence re above the legislation which |cause there sere two-foot letters ! 's" at the national show, with the Si i S ey are sworn to uphold, forgetting | painted on the pavement commanding / |best workmanship of every other niake [xesfandightsTncrease that all men are equal before the law | ;e to stop before proceeding to cross N - thrown in for good measure, of the land and that the authority with | the interesection. / /i = which they are clothed is in itself no [ "“g{ “lie horn blowing continued. Surprises Promised. A license for doing what would be lllegal | 5o "as a suggestion to the impatient Mechanical surprises. a riot of color, for any other person to do. | driver behind me I signaled with my new and unusual equipment will be | Discrimination Is Scored |hand and arm a motion that would g 2 jil| l=nlayed foliwtos yroattoiithe fck] 3 lindicate the possibility of jumping over d that the automotive industry has been | price reductions which have broug Such a situation tends to create a|my car and getting by in a newer 5 P far from slumbering since the 1925 |Brice requetions which have brous feeling that discrimination exists in |and more efficlent manner. = = show threw open its doors in a blaze Y. . the enforcement of the law, and that S — o - of glor: = 1 the slender pocketbook. De always is undesirable. It not only Finds 1t Was Patrol. Sl - Z = Bright and varied hues will domi.|velopments in design also will be ap gives ri; ol Desnt e ngam omcerrs. “Imagine my surprise to observe, e O B been o e Do Sleaser vinl but is Hkely to foster disrespect for | . Bt ke 3 . ul splendor of the rainbow has tinged | 14s been an er which m the law and the person authorized to | When the vehicle did pass me, that it z the shades of the bodies of the 1826 | eNergy has heen spent by designers enforen it. was the police patrol merely engaged o, - cars, and their diversity of tone is to|Poor and w posts have been nar- In an Eastern city a certain traffic [in offering transportation to several be intensified against a polychrome |TOWed o as to reduce to a minimum officer will arrest on the spot any | poljcemen who were going out to their decorative scheme. Body finishes of rerce with vision in every di driver who dares to pass another | ro ST YUR velvety tones and proved durability ) vehicle on the right. Drivers who | SRRV E A Soine is that the| | characterize this vear's models, and o effort is being spared to provide wish to overtake the car ahead, where | o o @F R ORI EE O | {to this may be added a definite note | visitors to the auditorium during shos it would not be viola ws . s fu of grace of ne which has brought the| < h plenty to inspect and ac D e ' roed thels [under no circumstances, was Ju | latest offering of the automobile indus- | mi Nor entertainment being 0 do =0, are supposed to sound their | e Holete. oralis | : in asking me to violate ordin { try a real step bevond its annual pred ooked. On the exhibition floor « Dhorns and await for the man ahead BILR 5 = | SorDa anc owe 2 |and endanger thi lives of other | ~ 1~ ~ AT Ban b, bR b e e o g o oyt iy e, e | "l cridin"does” 1 cven| CRANK CASE DILUTION | MOTOR(STS MUST BE OWN POLICE. |SIDE DOORS FOR TRUCKS |, o piegine vackaroun o | s GoidmanOrchiass v e enforced that drivers are 1 s = o \ 7 " > featured types of every make rogress throughout the of Snioreed that drivers are contindally [[an “omciat” cur and who ha noth: T0O OFTEN BLAMED| PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIAL SAYS| URGED TO AID TRAFFIC i "sio ton it cc” BT 2 S when they are not in the act of over- S Tosoled by the whouztel i colorful scheme of adornment desig vhich all seats will be cleared taking ‘another” car. Arrest 'is {}‘.i:‘:fifit‘1:‘}:::.“:Nl;"rm:1‘;:znrlj ol thoU%h | Diluent of Water and Gas Not — i S e 1 g to obey the | o o bost o e number of six and e der cars I been swelled ably be evident ity of the gl models has heen ma: s - {ed by G. A. Trahan ( any of Co. ace for exhibits, R. W Parallel Parking Would Relieve [0 0¥ & 7 pplemented | Leibert will present a program on the | ; ! cars have thrown respon: i : sg shility S T : ‘ s plemen : ; ; officer’s command In this respect g : 1, reh Always Responsible for Points Out Impossibility of State Providing En h! Congestion by Saving Space, | by palms supplied by Gudes Sons Com- | $150,000 auditorium organ. The other day ‘the same officer was | DILtY toithe four winds and sxe pla p - > ougl L 5 s pany. Southern smilax and palms| The auditorium will hum with ac A e metor oyl n the cemter |In€ @ very important role in defeating Scored Cylinders. Officers to Enforce All Laws, Most of Which Observers Say. will form the floral setting on the |tivity this week as final preparations the true aims of safety on the streets of the street while a business man who | | b s - e = - auditorium floor. In the exhibition | placing the exhibits are begur L e Grankc icasefalln dohy bas e given Two suggestions are being made by |},,)) tha ceiling will be hung with 7 Iready a force is at work cutting & esired to get ahead politely sounded 2 e 5 o v selv c e v Wl , d to get ahead politely sounded | *Ir, i “Grivers, however. are being | ton great a share of the blame for | Should Be Apparent to Drivers Themselves. traffic observers by which they be-|iingq or smilax interspersed with | spectal door. for bringing cars fnte th is horn. He would have been arrested | 5,109 jn the new wave of criticism lieve trucks could contribute in n ierapersed t i e T v Rl B g 2 o | 8P e 2 t 3 | 19 | flowers. Side twalls will be drape ribition b "o a y 13 for passing on the right. Yet the | {7 Nney'are receiving praise for | ® st small wisasure to relleving trafic con. | Iowers: | Side walle will be draped in | Srphiton ball, | To aflend eyery fo —_— = - skill and their ¢ to keep out | INgS, @ réc series scientific tests Sion & b o v trur ith ropes « xhibitors, a spec ! = their skill and their ability to keep out | Ings, a récent series of scientif | Motorists must be their own police I am asked why the motor patrol. | ESStIOn. ~One s that they be 80 con- | Jupnorting gold medallions. (ol 1one system is being installed in the of trouble, particularly the drivers in| indicates. These experiments are de-| "oy i "o i Tropia of which | men are not stationed at dangerous | from ‘e e ain® ba boamionding | will be done in pir auaitorium. S Six trunk inesiand fs RULE GIVES PEDESTRIAN | New vork cit seribed by Albert Le Roy, assistant | o 1% "% 20 10 '\’ sl ¢ | hills and on curves so they may pick :"“J’{L ‘,"‘f‘k,;““ “,}“3 :" "";’:"L’ LA Forty-four dealers nave agreed to|switchhourd manned by a specia! | Taxi Driver “Responsible.” professor of mechanical engineering | freny dzon army of}yp Jaw violators. But why should thia | {F2¢ P& paraliel, it is pointed out. | place exhibits in the show. "Of ps of operators will provide instant RIGHT OF WAY IN STREET| o : ! | patrolmen would be necessary on the be necessary? The Department of | cdUires much less street space than, ,,mper, 14 will display a representa- | communication from all exhibitior | The reason is .‘.L ) e | at the University of Utah. in the JOUr | piop oo ie 100 per cent enforcem m?m:hmw for vears has been drum. | ©Ne backed against the curb. e arn A G Stive nRapr »ooths. E—— lare responsible. Trouble means l0sing | nal of the Soclety of Automotive En- e 0 pei it enforcement | L&l It Yee “| The other is that large commercial | wniel wod ioqicns SXO Accesries S - 5 : heir job. Tt is not such a businesslike | gineers. lof automobile regulations was to be | MinE into the ears of people the dan- 1 mercial | which will indicate the extent of p All in all, the 1926 automobile show Baltimore Motorist in Turning Inta | b1 0 1t o B e | B neral the results of thess tests | ALtempred. in the opinion of Benjamin (ESr Of these practices. The driver | SONCETED JenE trucke (oF (Clveries |ress toward absolute convenience for |is destined for a pronounced success 2 £ { are conaitions a Ford in-| s 3 = in Pennsylvania crest of - il ubricators, auto c rad shut- | cross & notoring proj : | serving conditions from a Ford in-{50 per cent had no bad effects on the fin Fennsy iy L fon 1s obstructed {5 reckless. He knows | Put one instead of three vehicles make | ters, snubbers, purolators and many [and, when the auditorium doors are Is Under Orders. | stead of from a motor ey (hl.. dnl(l hap- | engine so far as increased friction |, "Very frequently.” savs w Domam | £ e trips to his home. other * appurtenances will be | opened, it is hardly too much to expect pens to smash into something, he can | and temperature of the bearings were n aske W are here mor g 5 OB IS, SR s oy it sty St S, 1 he Star. - - | : ‘olmey 7] - show 0 23 a ay ! | that automobile enthusiasts are goin Special Dispateh to The Star. say that he was chasing some rich | concerned, although s tio ; [ Patrolmen on the roa Driv, ows Dan, 5 S hgay et b disping Ll ko going ; i e e e e e akleg| concecned iaithoush such allution may | o hetrolmen get atter G SR DG BANS RECKLESS DRIVER. |Paralic! the rich and multihued tones | to find much more to hold their inte: BALTIMORE. January 23.—Inmak. | man's daughter who was be Injuriou in other ways, as in lose | (i, /D Reaiighis? 6 Bas.seen) wrecked vahiclsarasa + |of the automobile exhibits lest than they had anticipated. ing right or left hand turns into |0 G lnC Gfcer who crashed into the | the pistons. Many motor e leears If we were to create a force of | has read of fatal accidents. He knows streets where traffic is regulated by & |rear of a truck and broke his leg when | in operat IR A9 iio shhmaric trolmen large enough to do|that chance eventually claims for ita| Automobile Club of Maryland After p n operation with a 25 to 50 per cent : o 1 be | own the man who takes a chi Thi q . SAY! policeman, motorists must give pe- \:wx\ as thrown from his motor cyele. | diluent of gasoline and water in the | 350" L e e i eaT ancaln e bt aaes Hit-and-Run Men THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS: | had nothing to say about his own ac- | cry case. 24 00 uniformed men on th » igary g tons. i Diamed the driver of the | "% e e, e Dlflos Dattoimen at dansar DUInts? {ispedall Dispatch) to/The Star. el ot Bolicefons He blamer the crxs —_— would make such a t npossible. | Bac car operator should police | “*3; s g T g according o Inspector of Folice |truck for stopping too suddenly. : e i LR S e i T e e = BALTIMORE. January 23.—The| 1 forget the name of the doctor, Here I study its owner. One driver orge B Lurz | The average commercial driver foars | {NJAKE? HILLS IN “SECOND’ | con'wna dbes ot o e teadiaiine | “There are frequent stories in the | Automobile Club of Maryland Will co- | who used to wind up his lectures with | could keep right on goin' With that Many tmolorists, in (NeIF INErPIEta: | botn' the loss of his job and arrest fizon sho doeal ot nee perean. e | newspapers telling that accidents have | OPerate in the campaign which has |a famous maxim, but I remember the | trouble, while ther would be on of that section of the automobile { phe “official” driver fears neither. It e » toupie | ocourred because of unreasonable | Peen started to rid the State of “hit- | maxim, and that's the important|stranded in no time. I try to figure | scored cylinders and burned-out bear- | - — estrians the right of way at all tinis, wws which deals with pedestrians, | appeqrs to be making a difference. | Gar Then Burns Off Less O¢1 and | ot mecps gad o B e oA [aoear i Dle to trail avery |@ndrun” drivers. it has been an-|thing. He used to sav. “It's more im what sort of an owner I've got ire of the impression that the pedes- | {1 " onor system operates in the andiloc weeks. doss notknowhaw to adiust spsed. IC I ImpossibInito (el eNeEy noiinced) by! Heiiry, M- Buclus, scctes | portsait: toylnaw what ott of & pa| a clutch that has been ag T e+ eoheni|Eou e NG IRnd T Ieph one Fan Works Faster. |reason in the world why it should be|motor patrolman iy e critheNormn{Ention: tent Shasichel disease than ifo knowjied t t where theres no chance ings, cxcept where traffic is o ol Co., and drivers compete with onel . o oo good running|necessary for motor patrolmen to stop| It seems almost impossible to teach | Mr. Luclus said that, while the Au-| what sort of a disease the patient ightenin’ it without relinin’ the \v officers, the inspector said another in trying to keep their cars FOULHS = A NG | cehicles night and examine head.|drivers that they cannot violate the | tomobile Club s conducted for the |Las.’ H T come across many cases like “First of all, in making & turn, |out of acidents. Special insignia indi- [order it will operate at a lower tem- law of gravity and the law governing | benefit of the motorists, it has no| Lately I've been applyin' this to|this, but my course of action depends drivers should ‘have thelr machines | cate those cars which have never |porature and burn off less ol climbing | iscourtesy seems to be increasing |a body in motion. On this point every | Sympathy with the driver who is So | the repair business. and it is workin' | upon the driver. If he is the sort of under such control that they can €10p | peen in an acident. ; - |steep hills in second gear than in|2mong users of the roads. Not so|driver in Pennsylvanta should police |devold of human qualities as to leave | wonders. Now when a motorist comes | driver who keeps his foot off the in an instant,” said Inspector Lurz. The Yellow Cab Co. of Philadelphia by ~ many vears ago in response to signals | himself continually. a person injured or dying on the road- | into my shop with a complaint I first | clutch pedal, once he has shifted the “The motorist who makes a left of | hag asked more than 100,000 motor- | high.” Low car speed in high gear [ fofV Years SEb '8 respones o HENSR = wa make an analysis of the man himself. | gears, I figure that he can go for a right turn must keep a sharp 10ok- ficts to report any discourtesies shown [means a wideopen throttle and|gentlemanly thing to dim one's lamps. | Light Car Danger. Counsel for the organization will | The trouble with the car is sccondary. | month or more before a repair job out for pedestrians and, if necessary, by their operators. g terr combustion. Low car speed|py¢ jp these davs the average driver| If his car is not in perfect mechan-| fight any effort to secure leniency| A nervous owner is likely to be| But if the driver is one of thosa fid Stop: ’ : When will the guardians of our high- | in second gear requires less £as PEr | qouy mot think of dimming them. {ical condition he has no reason to ex-|for persons convinced of such an|worrying over somethin' that may be | gety fellers who're always pressin’ or The penalty for falling to give pe-|ways, the officials who motor and the | power stroke of any piston and af. | G°Sp" TRRE SO ARAIOE AL e {pect that it will stand up under ex-|offense. Joa0 o hat Gu v cxmeciericed \dciver | Chie ol teh reaallT ta i nele destrians the right of way ranges from | drivers of these city, State and Fed-|fords better circulation of water and | there is no glare and the road is prop- | extraordinary strains. No driver of & - = Would expect. But the fellow who Is | to leave et Jav till T fix e }eral machines Le made to feel that|ofl. Also the fan runs at a higher|edy visible ahead of the machine. |light vehicle should expect it to do 2 Biresiots & foent Wheo Be| Bk b onuines wn 6 e = 2 they are not exceptions to the ru speed and there is 1 friction | There is no excuse for the glare —ex. | What heavy cars will do. A light car| Keep Running Boards Clean. e e P et (o brenee o | T e | safety and that they ure responsible | through strain. cept negligence or neglect of the car|will turn over at points which will| Giving the running boards an ap day’s job. 1If the trouble bothers | zet ) e MADE CLEAR TO DRIVER. |to tse public? s it not time for The reason most motorists think |operator. Tt is unfortunate that so|give a heavy car no trouble whatever. | pearance of new is merely & matter | him. it's trouble! 3 ghiaill i oot o Police Departments, mail service and |of “second” as w heating-up process | many hindred thousand Pennsylvania! “Motor patrolmen cannot stop every | of cleaning them with a. clean rag | | Mame times T discover i | < o oL R S | other official departments to adopt theis because they never resort to it un-!drivers have so little regard for other machine and investigate the brake con- | caturated with gasoline. Kerosens is | of greasin ustin® Hints on Starting Engine in Cold | sensible policy now employed by mod- | til the engine is already overheattng |road users that they make absolutely | — (Continued on Seventh Page) |the best substitute, i : I Seathis Tpistacd |ern business concerns? |from failure to “make” a hill in|no effort to their lamps in adjust- - . eather p: - { {(Copsrisht. “high.” ment . i 1 1 to find out what sor: or adjustin v rivers they are before attempt a car that it isn't workin' ju it what's wrong with the ca Many hints are offered to motorists n the 1patter of starting the engine ’ in cold weather, but it might mean . " more to the driver to know the reason ! behind each suggestion. 1 ¥ He is told, for instance, that if the »ngine does not start right away he : e should take his foot off the starter Jutton an fnstant and try again. But ‘hy? The answer is that a better | A 3 e s H o w ---makes traffic flow as ha compression ¢ heavy wire] ) : o S B e | : swiftly and safely as the famous tarter is used intermittently it more oximates hand cranking. CAR TRACKS. Lo J TNING T Sfe anuary Keeping out of street car tracks is 4 e y a reminder mentioned frequently in SE oTo connection with care of tires, but it - - ; applies to the safety of the driver as : f lt’ R F ‘ ' E well. The habit of driving in car " ] \v i : tracks leads loglcally to driving in 25 oIS e PR RE RS st s e switches. Here tires are not only i e 3 5, £ to dameaged, but the front or rear wheels (St are quite likely to “jump the switch <omething approxiinating o kil .o 2 Many motorists change from ordinary “gas” to Lightnin e fhe Thacie o e inetariver ) . . February Motor Fuel—but few, ifgsny, change i d Lightning t% someg- ey anna imesicious et fRteer : : thing else! There’s a reason for Lightning preference—per- e . 3 formance! Quick starts—easy starting—more power—less e . trouble from carbon and spark plugs. EBONITE Strings toa Stick e e 1 : : 2> Around the bears iz 8 Inclusive Treat your motor with the best and it will reward you with greater motoring satisfaction. bl oprmiiid. || fis i WASHINGTON | car or truck carry the %‘g::;tgr,:g:fs l;]a;tears ‘ R A U D I T O RI UM ‘: ::.‘."‘.:,."-’-’;:u-- proseed ealy at Put It In Your Tank TOday e function perfectly under £ Motoriste—_Almaze ivi iti o sign “Stop,” all driving conditions. o O 19th and E Streets B il g T il [ dealers in five-pound cans. 7, of car, lgnt tur t and _service stations from the fi | obs made Ten | the' ereer Checkerboard pump only. p e of movt. 4 | signal er frem } fine of standing ' traffie un- otherwise indicated by sig: Washington Automotive Trade Association _ Rosslyn, Va. West 166