The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 4, 1920, Page 5

(TL AUTOMOE § National Safety Council i in Anti-Accident Campaign! Lessons and Bulletins to Be Distributed to Auto Drivers Thruout the U. S. With reports of deaths “from automobile accidents coming in at an average of one every 35 minutes, and. with this} death rate increasing steadily, 25 men representing the auto-| mobile interests, insurance companies, tries, automobile clubs and various governmental AGENCIES, | aluminum chassis ae decreasing the et at the headquarters of the National Safety council, re-| total weight of the car to such an mtly, to perfect plans for a war of elimination on avoidable | extent that as many as 30 miles aN automobile accidents. It was granted by most of that some automobile accidents are unavoidable, but the con-| census of opinion was that they are very few the greater number of auto- mobile accidents which kill more than 10,000 persons and maim thousands of others every year, was placed equal-| the public, the indus- the speakers at this meeting Blame for wary to have i #yatem of hand erstand wet id; “It in not n Few my them. desirable, | the driver ly upon the shoulders of care- | \Y less petiestrians and reckless drivers. A set of lesson: the safe operation of sutomobdiles « ha: een prepared } Safc.y council among owners an Mobiles and motor 4 maintenance f distrib drivers of aw’ trucks. Copies Of lessons and bulletins have been | 5 submitted for criticiem to approxi mately 250 men including the entire @irectorate of the National Safety council, the men in charge of the Principal automobile schools, offt elals of the larger automebile clu’ unicipal traffic officers, the ed the leading automobile pub! tions, automobile manufacturers, and others who have made a close study of the problem. BRAKE INSPECTION AND STEERING APPARATUS The first five lessons, covering brake inspection and operation and 4 dulletins on | mobiles following wit that the driver ts about to will slow down ordingly. If ex > ways are intended for express traf confusing than the complicated ret signals that many drivers are w using ‘Some special Ngementa must be made for signaling from closed cars and from trucks where the load obscures the “d Several me chanical devices for this have been tried out, but most of them have been unsatisfactory.” Underwriters’ Laboratories, cago, are now testing several types ot mechanical signals, and their in will undoubtedly resul ing the length of service ficlency of these devices. These lessons and bulletins, when approved by the committee, will he distributed! among automobile drivers one dirscticn or the other and they | cor} care of steering apparatus, were criticized and approved at the last pe sg eg ie vitae sonable Meeting of the committee ‘These | ond gates af Cae ae —~ = two parts have been reeponsible for | AP" ow 0 employ ef the automobile accidents “Nauffeurs. baue to mechanical defects. C. N. Maurer, of the motor vehi-| idle @ivision, Wisconsin state high: | “The repair and adjustment of lintngs is a skilled mechan- work and should. be handied/ 3 Too many drivers who { mot familiar with the construc- of brakes, attempt to remedy Their own brake band difficulties,| "™*TARED My samen. 3. With the result that the work Is | Kent-Des Metnes—<Good @ften poorly done and the brakes ag my mg @o not prove worthy in an eMers penten-Renton Janction—Geod. ency. Garage owners should | Renton. Maple Valley—Cloned at Cedar that only experienced workmen | Mountain: regrading a, reach Maple allowed to repair brakes; helpers | Sd deat ken should not be allowed to do this) work. Brakes constitute es ran wel Cetus ae om: portant part of an automobile so_ as safety is concerned. ould be tested every time the car] ,| driven from the garage, for there always possibility that the bands .may have snapped or become dis- connected while the car is standing | Railroad engineers are required to make brake tests on their locomo- tives and the ability to stop quickly | fs no less important tn automobiles than in railroad trains.” Good detour ~ pavement open to from Renton Iamqueh-Fall ity North Bend— Good | Isesquah-Redmond—Via Lake Sammam me New road be tween Méllevue and Newport now open Frenklia Two miles at Fair detour New conerete ‘Mr. Maurer's suggestions were @P | yo04 now open beyoud Auburn to point Proved and added to the lessons, ‘and the discussion on inspection, op- eration, and care of automobili | brakes continued. “Drivers should become famgiar | "4 with the idling speeds of their cars,” said F. H. Squires, divisional sales Manager of the White Motor Car| company. “They should be instruct ed that it is never wise to brake be | Yond the idling speed. If the wheels Become locked, contrg@l of the car is Jost and skidding is apt to result.” The committee agreed to prepare | @ chart showing how far an auto- mobile ‘will travel after the applica-| tion of brakes ut various speeds. | x, caper - ¥ Eilts chart, along with another ex-| cise, ne peie. Deval! brid | plaining the most effective brake | lee Mill Bridge —Over Green River Near fests, will be included in the les | orittia te Se Oe Wines in —Chulod fons. | pie passing |New bridge building A set of revised traffic signals} .o\nr, ro gen sgt nessa 7 and rules for the road were ap-| 0 ee Proved by the committee and will| make up the les: (Bast of North Bena) yy — (Bnameiaw Water river)—Gravel section beyond Enumclaw genera A ent IN GooD CONDITION Senttle- Reston — Via Raioter Vashon Island—The Valley — ferry Moines to Vortage, also the Seattle Vashon Helghts-Harper ferry now run- (Bast 8ige)—New concrete open for travel. Continu ous concrete road from Menton to Auburn, BRIDGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION You may have a liquid in the| s. The committee will|a effort to have traffic reg. standardized thruont the lubricant? | tion of cylinder off and And you may blame the oil, if the . | bearings burn out. SIGNAL SYSTEM SHOULD | ‘The safest way is to cnange your NOT BE COMPLICATED crank case oll regularly after every > Ldeutenant Martin of the traffic | 1,000 miles of driving. And use the! oil recommended by the maker of| the car yau buy. NEW LOCATION PICKARD & TRAILL Agents for Badger Brand Auto Tops and Seat Covers ANNOUNCE the removal of their shop to 125 PINE ST. where they are equipped to fit all cars with Better Tops for Less. Highfine—Rough to) ‘alley—Partiy closed near) ey, one mile beyond Coalfield. | from Des| .jand nuts tight Use Duvall brides. | arding King | 29. an important section ef| crank case of your engine, but is it) It may be @ combina | gasoline. | “Death Signs Warn Reckless Drivers | "| | | AUTO TALK | ‘The “cheepert” car ts coming 1t| will cort only about $1,000. And be sides, it will weigh lew than half of the average automobile of niee 4 But it will be an electric and ) r | will have a small gasoline motor to keep the batteries constantly charged ent As machines become lighter, the une of fuel will go a longer way Automobile engineers look upon the might be obtained on a gation of gasoline. The Maine division of the Can tian’ Pacific railway has automo biles for inspection work of the! |roads. To enable the cars to go over the tracks of the line, the company had ¢ fitted with flanged car wh lor use on the tracks. Along comes the speed highway one built for speed alone A eye m of highways is being construct 1 tn England, on which no ve i hi icles with «peed under 20 miles an J hour will be permitted. The hist fic only, and horse-drawn hicles will 1 be allewed on the roads no ve Treacherous highways and “dead men's curves" no longer be! [death traps if a series of sign ports! alcohol as a fuel. It is ertimated |*Afetioned by the El Paso (Texas)| that 5,000,000 gations of the new|Ghamber of Commerce obtain merit-| fuel can be extracted from the/ed umge. | waste of Canada's pulp mitls. ‘The highway warnings take the| form of common sense iptions ke th ne shown, "P: Ceme- | ttom of Hill for Recklems * another sign ‘Teste are being made in Canada| with the object of finding a cheap method for replacing gasoline with | need California has anpther new iden This one is having your initials placed on the rear windows of the top—#0 you can tell your car from the rear Motoring in Maryland days in a rink, In case of a break down, there is no direction in which the unfortunate driver can turn for! help. For the state's “bine laws” require all garages, an well as the reat of the state's business, to be |clased. And no gas, tires or repairs can be had. Unless, of course— well, there's many & way out. on Sun Not far from Denison, Iowa, near the Lincoln Highway, t# a small, | rough, hilly tract of land that was Geeded to Abraham Lincoln for his services in the Blackbawk war. It | was the only piece of ground Lin- coln ever owned. Aw ingenious way to clean the machine's upholstery is to make use |@f the compressed air furnished by the engine's operation of the tire pump, It will be found that this is/ a handy way to get the particles of! dirt and dust aut of the tufts of| the cushions and other tnaccsestble| places. When gasoline is leaking from | the carburetor, the float valve! | mechanism is operating poorly. When | the lewel of gas in the float bow! is at the proper height, the needle! valve controlling the flow of the) |fuel into the carburetor’s reservolr| should shut off. If it doesn't, the | valve and its seat should be exam |imed for dirt and grit. Or, if the needle valve in worn, it should be ground carefully into @ good seat 7 On arailroad,it |FIND THAT RATTLE WHENEVER IT OCCURS If the grease cups of the car have |not been neglected, one of the main sources of trouble has been avoided. However, many an elusive rattle or squeak may come from some other | cause. For instance, loose bolts. The fender may rattle, or the lamps, or | the radiator, and often even the en-| | gine may work loose and give out &| roaring, out-ofbalance sound. The! joure for these is to keep all bolts | No institution The Willys- FRANKLIN DEMONSTRATORS LIBERAL REDUCTION FROM LIST— Saving you is just as impo when gasoline signers that Ove | gathers on the rim. and rim without buc leondition of the flap | change Despse Not ‘Ye Humble but Helpful Flap The flap ts an important yet lit tle considered accessory in the auto mobile tre, tube and rim, it is vital to the long | life of the tube, It prevents deterior ation from the rust that invariably It prevents the between tube from pinching Jedges of the tire a flap is made of from | Ordinarily three to four plies of fabric eqnatructed to conform to t of the tire. Inserted, it should lay perfectly straight between the tube ing The long notch at the end of the It in flap whould lay on top or next to the rim, in order to prevent the tube | creeping up and being pinched be tween the long groove. The end with the round hole, where the valve stem fits, should lie next to the tube, If the flap is @ trifle too shot it in better to buy a new one rather than to risk slitting the holes to lengthen it. In case of emergency Hit im better to silt the long noteh | The eut long that rather than the ghort one however, must never be so | the edges of the flap do not come to gether If the flap is too short, it works down, oftentimes to the aide the casing lke a knife, When it js corroded from rim rust and the edges get ragged from wear, there is danger of pinching the tube and thus ruin. | ing fe The motorist should examine the at each tire If he fatis to take care of ccensory, he has plame when his tube ntimes the price of | nave weveral tuber goes a new fh A poor fiap is the source of constant | annoyance. Periscope to Rescue Why get out and get under when) there's the periscope to do it? Tt} will help you see engine which you and you'll be ab and * bolts an't nee directly to lorate thoee nute and other small against | parte which have a habit of falling| nto the pan below isthe trip and not the ticket that completes the transac- tion; and it is so with an automobile. can build up good- will on good-byes. Overland Organiza- tion is just as interested in Overland owners after they have bought as before they are sold. money on up-keep rtant as saving you money on the price of the car. And began to go up four years ago, word went out to our de- rland owners must be protected, and the price of gasoline must be brought down—but not at ‘the price of comfort!—get that, for that was the crux of the problem. Hypothetically, it Under stimu A TOURING CAR “ AND SEDAN Better Than New Carries New Car Guarantee FRANKLIN. | WICKS CO. 1522 Belmont Ave. The Economy SEDAN | WE WILL DELIVER AN OVERLAND SEDAN TO YOU FOR AN INITIAL PAY- MENT OF $661.85. THE BALANCE ON EASY TERMS | was impossible, and yet— lus of a great pub- lic need, and spurred on by the pride of a great reputation, the designers of the Overland have Thing that Couldn't be Done!l— Done the Aw & protector between | NIGHT AIR BEST FOR THE MOTOR The cool night alr of summer. ne places the motor at its bent, Ming to A sineering authority, Being coo! than day air, night lair will produce a heavier charge jeach explosion, says Clayden. |keeps the motor cool, and even the oll does not heat so fast an during the day. Also night alr in |damp, and damp alr—not too damp, lot course, |of an explosion. Mae yden believes a motor is at its 10 degrees TO SAVE YOUR GEARS, KNOW YOUR SPEEDS You are not a good driver until them to a severe strain and causing undue wear and tear, To attain this, Ludlow Claydon, en | It} produces the best kind| best In an atmosphere of about 40 to} ' lit cannot be denied that this is one the driver seldom | you can shift gears without putting | Mr. Autoist! Look Out for That Puddle. Have you ever waited at a curb to let an automobile pass only to \have the driver go by at full speed and throw mud and dirty water all er you from a puddie in path? There are occasionally times when | a motorist may not be held respon | sible for & mishap of this sort, yet offenne for which has any justification A slight turn of the wheel could nearly always kenp the wheelx out of the puddie or 4 slight reduction in speed would make it possible to get thru without splashing. Many a woman, gowned in dainty jattire, bax had her costume ruined bin} wall of} Here it cuts the fabric | s of ‘the! the one point to remember is that |by mud and water and das watched gears should be shifted only when |the car go on its way, with the the engine speed and car speed are|4river quite unconcerned over the approximately the name. ‘Then shift |damage he has done, She knows it and|for the offense he Mas committed pale of the cluteh pressed out completely let in the clutch gradually without Hex just outside the a Jerk, It's the only way to save) law trouble and money | To the motorist the incident i#| -lusually of no moment and quickly forgotten, But to the pedestrian who | FORGET the HILLS -\— seam VACUUM TANK sustained the mud bath there is the jannoyance due to the damage to his clothes |tear which accompany futile rage. For this sort of thing does make | people mad, and what adds to their) |anger is their knowledge that the ‘mishap was caused by the careless: ness or deliberate heediessness of the driver, and by the further fact that the motorist doesn't care a hang whether he did any damage or not The great body of motorints is to | | 3, | &\ eactre be congratulated, says the United States Tire company, on the fact that this sort @f driver is decidedly in the minority. Nearly all drivers obey the laws with great care and j exercise toward other motori: nd | pedestrians the simple courtesy that | |the American principle of a square | |deal typifies. The fellow * whé) \drives as if he were the only per- jwon in the universe who had any ‘rights on the highways is growing less and is as unpopular among 910 East Pike St. other motorists ax he is with ‘ pedestrians Mae ePED SEESTEESO Bzeroete with a quick, sure stroke, wMh the | would do no good to take his number, | and the mental wear and | Stop Buying So Much Gas/ ~The Overland Sedan Costs by the Month, Saves by the Mile! Eats Up Distance, Saves Dollars! they have unraveled still another in- soluble secret of mechanics, by creat- ingthat marvel ofmechanism,thenew Suspension Triplex Spring; permit- ting the use of light alloy steels for economy,and acting as a pneumatic buffer between the Road and Youl What the new Overland car and its remarkable improvements cost to create we shall never know. But we do know that it cost $6,000,000 to get ready to incorporate them into the new Overland car, and that the Overland car wasa great car before these improvements and adopted. were initiated So it seems a fair conclusion: That an institution that will voluntarily upset the ramifications of one of the greatest automobile manufac- turing plants in the world, in order to reduce the gasoline bills of Over- land owners, justifies the past, the future, and the immediate confi- dence of the American people. Ninety-sepen cities recently reported ninety-seven Overland Sedans as averaging 25.2. miles per gallon of gas. ss 0 0 LET US DELIVER YOU THE CAR THAT DELIVERS! WILLYS OVERLAND PACIFIC CO., Twelfth Avenue and East Pine Street Phone East 660 Pennsylvania, beware of” the passerby while driving on @& muddy road, Vor if you splash | mud on him. you may find | self in court answering to a charge 7 \of assault, A case like this hap — pened in | Franklinville recently and — If in WEEK STARTING TOMORROW STUDENTS Of FEMININE ANATOM ATTENTION Here are Curve that make theft A “oon hhea tan THISIS T att GIR HERE IS AN dla BATHING) PEACHE: ADEVOTEE PHYSIC? THE DAINTY BLUSHING BTHE OLE ARTH OF PF PAPER PRECLUML DF ELUCIOASION IN THE PUE PRINTS. THE FAIR FIC ANTES THEMSELVES LILTING LASSIES, DELECTS DANCING DOLLS VAMPIRES’ GIRLS GIR GIRLS THE LIKE OF YOU NEVER HAVE SEE | BSS OR NEVER MUCH - BEFORE ARE THE FAMOUS |PEACKES MARCUS SHOW OF 192.0 HA HUNDRED THIGHS 1 BUT NOT A SINGLE SI SONG H CHAS. "ABBATE. SCENES OF SURPASSING SPLENDOR MeL ONae 1 TKETS P spec 0 of tain wai tine Promptly Motors and Ca! No Onc Reated Et