Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1928, Page 65

STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MARCH 18, b [DUTY ON TQURING CARS . ROAD BUILDING ERA OBSERVED IN CHINA it e Payment of Customs Tax. For the first time in the history of R | International touring, the ‘ench gov- County Takes to CONStrUC- |emmen: has ‘authorised the Tourin ti f High D it Club of France. which lsln its nn}m representative. to give to the American lon ot Highways, Despite Automobile _Association hFrench trip= P tyqes, which permit the temporary Civil War. importation of American cars _inio France for touring purposes without the — :pn_\-nmm of duty, according to the . ondenc Ne Ascoclated Press, | fOTeign department of the A. A. A. e o IR e T ] M. Claudel. French Ambasiador fto ERING, China.—Road bullding. with | e Trnited States, in a letter to Thomas | A striking development in motor car P. Henry, president of the A, A A taflc, despite civil wars which are [sid: iThe minister of public wor g = ¢ has informed me that his adminis Pauperizing the country, is one of the |y will use all its efforts to give to | most noteworthy developments taking the American tourists the maximum of | piace in Chime. Durtng 1927 much | {aciiities from the moment of ‘their | i 7 = wh anding in France, especially in that | highway construction was done and | i Soncerns the deliverance of the | prospects for 1928 are that even more | porm de conduire. receipts of the roads and more motor cars will take | declaration of the vehicle (gray cards) their place in the daily life in China or the international travel certificates.” | Road butiding. although in miscel- | = S neous areas and not co-ordinated, is taking place all the way from Peking to | capital of the province of Szechuan | The undertakings are being carried out | e amgeruroes are beine arred oot | GROUP AID INDUSTRY desired for military uses and also 43| s A source of revenue. Devel ) . Alds War Chests. evelopments of Engineers' So-| i ciety Credited With Furthering Progress in Motor World. be built over a route yarying from 8 al | hundred feet in length, a flect of second | hand dutomobiles will be acquired from local garages, and overnight a com- | plete transportation zation will come into being. Passe eRrrying | 4 and freight transport by truck arc|p, ficurishing_in numerous areas by t Standards developed and adopted by he Society of Automotive Engincers ave been an important factor in both the mechanical excellence and the com- > | mercial advance of American automo- | biles. Most of these standards have ap- | ., Piled to structural details with which | "1 the ordinary car owner is not concerned, | but a newly developed standard list of | oil vi: osities is of direct importance to | every driver | The most important property of an oi! in determjning suitability for use is the viscosity or “body.” The real lubricat- ing value of an cil is dependent on its | viscosit, the temperature at which it is used. Viscosity is a factor in cold- | weather starting. It is also a factor in o sumption. This has long been recognized and ngtie e province of CI strict have _boen greatly and motor trafic has been in- creased. The roads of the capital itself, while not comparable with those of Western capitals, are tastly better thar & year ago and continual work is going on in the surrounding country to pre- pare highways for heavy traffic In addition to the increasing number of privately ovned motor cars a dozen motor busses run daily the 80 miles be- Sz h tween Peking and Tientein, while num- | ;oConlY Bas made the besis for the | bers of Sthers ply frequently in all di" !snd the ol distributors. The ferms | of interest and trade within an area of | ;& grader Sam pand “heavy” to name | 200 miles of Peking. ~The fares are!ip. ‘jemand for more grades. grew. moderate. the trafic is heavy and the names for higher and for intermediate Jusses are always crowded. ranges were added. such as ‘“extra hea “special heav uper-extra s »“"""f .. . i and “extra ms P oediam es hope to bring about more heavy”'and “special medium.” The re. conditions as & t of the sult “was confusing. One company's up of the cour by this| “extra !nm * would be of higher body | A e there | NAN their “special heavy.” while this ith of 2 in Shantung there|order would be reversed with another, is an excellent motor {f_\‘ad from Tsinan- | some adopted the letters of the alpha- h side of the YelloW bet as an index to their grades, either h coast and then east | gt the beginning or at the end of the o Chefoo. The course is a 1ong | alphabet; others used numbers, l"v._:.le ggggl.—;:_d with cars, and | hwng:; there was a general relation- s in e { ship between the grades of ) 1, Hupeh and Hunan similar | the different mmpgmes_ml‘i"{i“.",'n‘-’f arted. In | gium oil of one company had about the ev mxlnflmnj me body as another company's me- e “road craze” and t' dium—this was not always so. Company foreign engineers are «X' markets an oil labeled heavy, com- ving out highways to ga&w "‘.;‘]m:r: ts an cil of a heavier odv and labels it he sou hg\h;‘ld P_-:zdcn, hzl??gb‘:?’: of like cases could 'Qi"g’x\‘-’f'l,. A vers roads hav Automol y built by local authority, and still farther | mx»-.e";nb:];ad:;g‘x‘r{rm;;;’:;nfiE‘Qxfi:}; south in Kwangsi by the car owner, as it tends toward even to Yunan road constructi the use of the higher-grade lul ing on. x:mql\' under supervision of for- | but there is always the filling- eign engineers operator who cannot resis sy Labor for building the roads costs profits of buying lov-grade L»fzs‘n}:fd biid little, being conscripted by the mili- inz at the standard prices. tarists in many places. Such roads are| The car ovner who is content with | virtually private highways of the build- | buying a “quart of ofl” does not have A monopoly is created and the | the manufacturcr’s full sympathy: but, Although the roads | nevertheless, as a drived ovmer, he has er such manage- | his interest. Such an Individual may . in the end they wili| not read the instruction book. In such us for a highway system CAes, stamping the viscosity number throughout China. 2;::] th; oil filter-cap would help con- erably. Second-Hand Autos. The use of the 8. A. E. viscosity num- Second-hand automobiles of almost bers by the lubrizant distributors should every description, bought in Shanghai, | not interfere with their present trace- " for the roads. The|Dame grading. They supplement the are driven “until the wheels drop | trade-ncme grading end enable the car and then more ape-procured, the OWner to buy cils of the viscosity or ©id being cast to the roadside. {%ody the car builder recommends. and of . NI the particular brand or trade name | which he himself is convinced he wants TIRE RESISTS FORCE B i urers v the ofl- 7 & OF .32- CALIBER SHOT | panics i brogrecving very satistuitcons Bulets Imbdied 7 Surface ail| | CAR CARE COMMENTS Pull Over to the Right. to Puncture Through, Is Report of Engineers. | When approaching a street crossing |and intending to make a right-hand S ;liu.'rlxi“l:elr to the right and slow down E S 1 | IR manner it wiil not be necassary Automobile tires are not generally ’ e 1 bt i T Mt to cross in !mm. of gther vehicles, v~ Yess are they supposed to be bullet| "Install an ofl fiiter in the proof. but tire engineers are displaying | reduce wear of engine parts i zed four-ply tire in which | tiad 7 imbedded | Passenger car mileage from gasoline through the tire.|varies from five miles to the galion is a_total mys-|from old heavy “gas caters” to as high - ve miles a gallon on some light-powered cars. For all cars of any one model and make, experiences will | very. Mileage from gas is directly in- | | verse to the amount of carbon deposit | in the engine, | dium, two Ergineers say t more or Jess shootl nigh speeds by persons ious occupations bullet | on. factor imbedded in carcess. This hard, sharp-nosed cetile had penetrated the be- n the rubber side wall carcass and skimmed between the side wall and carcass U the bead on the | the tire wjthout punc- Mandy Squcak Eliminator, i A squeak in the closed car doors can | be e y eliminated by en application of oil to the lock and door strikes. A 200d remedy for a ratile lies in ra‘sing the rubber buffers or bumpers upon which the door rests. If the arm can- | not be bent in such & way that it vl]l1 remain in position, cut bits from an | old inner tube and insert them behind | HOLDS U, . NEEDS NEW CAR MARKET Auto Exporter Says .Non-| Producing Countries Are Best Field. While England and the countries of Continental Europe will always be im- portant markets for American-made motor cars, American manufacturers of motor vehicles must look to countries | which do not produce automobiles for the bulk of their business, in the opinion of J. D. Mooney, president of an auto- mobile export company, who has just returned from an extended tour of Eu- rope. “England, France, Germany, Italy and | Belgium have important automotive in- dustries of their own and it is perfectly natural and reasonable that steps should be taken to protect those indus- tries by levying high import duties on imported motor vehicles,” sald Mr. Mooney. “We would do the same thing if the positions were reversed. “In some countries of Europe, even in the important car-producing countries, questions are being asked whether pro- tection for domestic manufacturers can't be carried to a point where pen- alties are actually imposed upon the man who wants to buy an automobile. Isn't it possible that elimination of com- petition has its disadvantages, not to the manufacturers, but to those who want to buy and operate cars? German Products Good. It is entirely within reason to assume that even the car manufacturers of England, France and Germany could profit by a little more competition. What may actually be obsolete methods of engineering and manufacturing may be in use. And competition might force ods. “But the fact remains that there is no disposition on the part of those countries which have their own auto- mobile industries, to be interfered with seriously by competition whether Ameri- | can or any other nationality. Germany can be used to illustrate the point. “It is quite possible that if the United [ nct increase over the previous fiscal | ing out of a side road or make sud- | traffic, and such slowing up should be | States would abserb a larger share of German-made products that Germany would be willing to buy more American made cars. Germany, like other coun- tries, produces many things which aren't made in this country and which we could afford to import in larger | quantities. Unreasonable customs bar- rier should be removed or at least the duty lowered. Must Buy Foreign Goods. “The future of America’s expprt busi- ness depends upon America’s willing- ness to buy in greater quantities the things grown and nfanufactured in other countries. To be sure our own welfare is of paramount importance, but there are so many instances of where the United States keeps out the roducts of other nations while expect- Ing those nations to buy freely from u “This wholé problem should be ap- proached diplomatically, to be sure, but it should also be approached with frank- ness. We need more frankness in American diplomacy. “The need for motor transportation is world wide. Every time an automo- |the dealer profits, the buyer profits and | the country in which the car is used benefits. 1f motor transportation did | ot exereise such an influence for good |1t would not have spread with such | rapidity from Detrolt to Bagdad, from | Flint to Shanghs |MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS SHOW DECREASE, IS CLAIM Sentences fmposed in Federal courts for viblation of the national motor theft act amounted to 2,798 years, 6 months and 2 days, and fines were collected to- taling $63,297 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927, according to the American Automobile Association. This represents an increase of 715 years over the previous fiscal year. The national motor theft | sponsored by the A. A. A. as a means | of combating the interstate shipment of | stolen cars. It is known as the Dyer act, and through the co-operation of | the 958 A. A. A. motor clubs with Fed- eral authoritis has greatly reduced | the number of stolen cars and at the | the substitution of more modern meth- | same time resulted in the recovery of thousands. | “since the law became effective in | October, 1919, says the national motor- |ing body, there have been a total of | 14,247 cars recovered, with a total value of $11,940,369. In the last fiscal year | alone there were 3,120 automobiles re- | covered, with a value of $2,435,638. The | year was 637 cars, valued at $504,928 bile 15 purchased the manufacturer and | g act was | HORSES FIGURE IN MANY ACCIDENTS Maryland Official Warns Autoists to Keep Watch on Slow- Moving Vehicles. BALTIMORE, March 17 (Special).— Collisions between motor vehicles and horse-drawn vehicles are becoming in- creasingly dangerous and accounting for many accidents, according to Motor Vehicle Commissioner E. Austin Baugh- man. In commenting on a recent fatal ac- cident in this State due to such a cause, Commissioner Baughman issued a warning to all drivers to be more care- ful in operation and less sure that there |18 little chance of meeting one of these v-moving vehicles. “Such collisions,” he said, “emphasize the fact that it does not do for the motor vehicle operator to assume there {are now so few horse-drawn vehicles on the highways that danger of meet- ing or overhauling one can be dis- counted or disregarded. When ap- proaching a horse-drawn vehicle from the rear the usual stondard or ratio of soeed of anproach cannot be depended {upon. This thought should be borne in |mind, tco, with respect to crossing |crests of hills or traversing curves | whero the vision Is obscured. A horse- drazn vehicle overhauled ot such a | point s almost sure to call for quick | | braking-—particularly when other ve- | hicles are observed, too late, coming | |trom the opposite direction. 1‘ “It should also be borne | that while the motcr vehicle fs in the vast majority of cases the heavier, this | | does not mean that a collision with | the horse drawn one will not result in| wrecking the automobile. In many | | such instances such accidents result in | serlous injury or death to tha occupants of the motor vehicle. “The collisions between automohiles and horse-drawn vehiclss emphasizes the fact that if care at intersections, hill crests and curves is observed, ac- cidents can be avoided. |are truly required to use ordinary ‘horse sense' to slow down at such points, | | “A general analysis shows that ac- cidents of this type can be easily | | avoided, if not entirely eliminated, will | | be alert and ‘on the job' at such places. A wagon does not come dash- | in mind The operators | lden swerves from a normal course of | Figures Dealing With Cotton for Use 3 In Auto Tires Soar Into Millions| Figures leap from thousands into the | machine, they are drawn and twisted dizzy millions, in dealing with the in- | through trieate process of the manufacture of | cotton cord for automobile tires, cotton are spun into one cord. A sliver is the long, light, round, ribband of cotton fibers as it comes from the carding machine which has separated the dross from the longest fibers. Dur- ing the many processes in which the thousands of slivers are made into a strong uniform cord, the drawing and spinning process draws the slivers out to more than 3,000,000 times their original length. Textile cxperts in the modern spin- ning labaratory at Akron, are author- ity for the startling figures in connec- tion with the spinning of tire cord. In this modern spinning mill each pro- cess 18 fllustrated on modern machinery from finished cord, Beginning _with the slivers, as they come from the carding For | fect uniformity. example, 4,320 loose, fluffy slivers of |0 loose and fluffy that it has almost | the bale of raw cotton to the| | several machines until the | small, strong cord I8 completed in per-| A yard of sliver is no tensile strength, but 4,320 of them twisted together make a cord that will sustain 22 pounds, although only thirty- thousandths of an inch in diameter. Tire engineers explain that there are 26 cords to a square inch of tire carcass. With 4,320 slivers to the cord it may be seen that there are a total of 112,320 slivers to the inch of cords. In a tire of six plys of cord fabric there is a total of 673,020 slivers to the six-ply inch of cord It 18 es- timated that a two-inch rope cable made of tire cord would sustain a welght of 30 tons. This great strength is achieved through the drawing pro- cesses in the spinning, which mesh and intertwine the silky cotton fibers into cords of exceptional strength and uniformity. MARYLAND TO MARK HIGHWAYS IN TOWN 4,486 Signs Ordered to Help Keep Motorists From Losing Trails at City Gate. Special Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, March 17—To af- ford better guidance for motorists over Maryland roads, mayors of every town through which the roads pass are to be asked for permission to erect State road markers within the town_limits, it was announced this week by John N. Mackall, chairman of the State roads commission. Letters are to be sent to the town oflicials, Mr. Mackall said, and it will be pointed out that the markers to be crected are of a new and ornamental type. Over the nine national high s in the State, the markers are to be shaped after the United States shield, bearing on the dark background the number travel. traffic slows up the movement of such watched for at all times"™ The presence of a wagon in|f of the road in white, The State'’s signs are to be round. At all inter- sections the markers are to be i{llumi- nated. “We have ordered 4,486 of the signs, all of which are metal,” Mr. Mackall said. “Of these, 497 are the illumi- nated type and the remainder are plain. “In the past,” he said, “ths automo- bile driver has encountered most diffi- culty in following a designated route while within the limits of towns. By plainly marking the routes over city streets we believe this will be elimi- nated.” Of the 4,486 markers, Mr. Mackall said, 2,157 are to be placed on the netional highways, and th2 remainder on the State roads. The national routes to be marked include No. 1, of which the Washington Boulevard is a part; No. 40, known as the National High- way, running westward to Cumberland; No. 140, No. 240, No. 111, No. 13, which runs the length of the Eastern Shore Peninsula; No. 213, also on the Shore, and No. 220, passing through Cum- berland. EXPERT SERVICE on Carburetor and Ignition CREEL BROS. 1811-17 14th St. N.W. Potomac 473 SAYS CITY TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWS GAIN Sounding an optimistic note for motor traffic here and abroad, due to recent progress in highway engineering meth- ods, Alvan Macauley, chairman of the street traffic committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commeres, spoke before the Cuban Highway Con- gress held in Havana recently. ““More progress has been made in the understanding of city traMc during the past five years than in all the pra- ceding history of the motor age,” Mr. Macauley sald. “We have come 1 real- 1ze that this is a real engineering job which cannot be handled by guess work. Citles are now butlding over- passes, pedestrian subways and other modern accommodations. “The interchange of information be- tween various countries is most helpful to_all c I New Colers To save you the expense of & new car. The old one can be made to look like new, and as long as it performs satisfactorily 1t is not economical to get rid of it. 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This new association—brought about Main 3385 stock of parts will be constantly main- tained so that the needs of every Olds- mobile customer and owner can be immediately supplied. ers 52y reat power | e closed up e seen. ‘This g cercer in the L the tube, TALKING BACK TO COURT CLN PROVE VERY COSTLY magierate afver convempt " My, Baughman seid “Yiey cen, for instance, Impose & fine for yeckiess ori then 3t the of ercer remerks (sl he 1 being robbed or omething of e o, Uie mag tele might aad 810 v the amon I wnether rewrt e forthooming, he ey legaily eontinue 1o pyramid fiier ue Dgh st e con ool The Jew, i quently Invoked, B tratee lgnore 61 vemerk & o Legrant v gu ¢4 Lot the migis comment unte | the bumper. Never force a cold engine. To do wn | when the temperature is low may crack | the cylinder bloci To replace worn out linoleum on the | fiour of the car, remove the floor | | boards, tae off the aluminum binding and use the bonrds as patterns to cut v/ith Ji pliers to drew and avold hending r cutting the ma- v to cement the lnoleum o the wond vith linoleum cement or cabinetmokLer's giue, leave the bosrds on the linoleum overnight cighting them down vith biicks or A After this the aluminum cen be replaced end the ready o go back into the the Take His Number. In case of & colliston, taxe the ofher motor [ even 3 apparently no damage been done o either car aher has Whe forced 1o park on m cof sted end aboul one A Guside of the car behind which s lntended I:l:ll Turn wihicels sharply o curh Back slowly unifl it is poweible 1o see that when swinging the front whecls hard over t the left fender vill just clear the Jeft rear of the car sheed. Turn ly o lefu-then buck tnin | position Lenrn those points at which extreme turng are 1o be made. This | methiod will perk the car ' the proper | distence from the curh and i one batkwisra movement snd will cut v the Vime tratc 1: held up while s being parked Fuyualize the Brakes Biake adjustments, i the muin £hould ROt contemplate equulizng the vt the fiond pwir. " The | between e different ety | #lly it wutematicelly taken eare of by the linkege or the biukes s sel | riglnally 1hel ihere is no necessity for wny sdiustnents of this character. 1t i el remember st equalizatiog nge 1o Jiite, o by close similarity of business ideals— will be of interest to Oldsmobile owners and friends in this vicinity, It will give full assurance of satisfactory service to Oldsmobile owners. It will mean that a representative line of Oldsmobile’s models, and a complete Whether you are an Oldsmobile owner at present, or considering a car some- time in tne future, you are cordially invited to visit this establishment and inspect the service facilities as well as the latest open and closed Oldsmobile body types now on display.