The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 23, 1920, Page 7

’ fcan's AUTOMOBILES, TRUCK | “Speed Bug” Held Deadly as Disease by Traffic Expert LOS ANGELES, Oct, 23.—The speed germ in the Amer-| brain is becoming as deadly as the germs of disease, | according to figures compiled by Captain John Butler, tr af- | THE SEATTLE STAR UTOMOBILE _ACCESSORIES Good Motorists Extend The Dark Mbinerror By Louis Joseph Vance (Copyright, 1920, by Louls Joseph Vanee) a know?" know,” Leonora 1a ‘Maybe I'm wrong © © 0% the Self knew (Continued From Our Last The quiet of th soothing and Issue.) ; mpty ntudio ful Yor wan had owned his auto only ten min | Chinese. harlie anywheres about?” Priscilla worked ate ul a fic expert of national fame. change in the Hight bt the apell r, though she His report shows 15,000 lives snuffed out tn automobile accidents a] C t f th R d With a slight frown of annoyar ct its company * i the United States in a year—and the death toll rapidly climbing our esies 0. e oa whe put aside brushes and ette,| An tron indder rose to ‘a ap At the present rate of increase in the sale of cars, in accidents L ‘ Paci gs gh 4 ge and returned to the chair’ before the| door thru which they cumini @eaths and serious injuries, it will] Figures show most auto accidents | One of the big f aa fact > at a Ragprege hn ey Parsshaatte: portrait of herself upon which she upon the roof. Rain rendered their soon be unsafe to step out of the} rin the ity, but most tha }@¢rn motoring lies in the fact thatiend to the diftiouity, had been working passage doubly perilous. Leonora ve ve Whether the trip ls for a hundred| With the number of women driv - ae nih front door @ joceur out on the highways where . ant Shan. anatustet (eid aaah Eee me Sh” | For some time she remained in| had lost all sense of reckoning after ‘The hepe, if there te any, for there are no corner traffic officers | Miles OF & TMM st sure that|them not skilled in pm with | quiet contemplation of the tre-| they had crossed many roofs, When | stopping this wanton destruction [and the mania for speed gets full) ' Hae out |t . adees mendous improvement she had , knelt, and began to tug at ane Pra ag oe >: eee he will finish his journey without/tire trouble or baa ignition here ca app ag nfs eid feed sr trap’ door, Between than Leneend having to climb out of his car to|is an especial need o' chivalrous a 5 escended ey of come paychslogienl cure Captain Butler says it te up to) iiotte the dlsas Selene o> of |atitude om the: pert ef eaperleanee | period of mental uncert ot | thee 50 Ba Oem bs 1 for the speed frenzy every in@vidual in the nation to | UNdertake @ Gisagresable job of/ ee On par perience | daze and wonder, wherein conscious-| second iron ladder. i ‘i guard his own life. The problem | aking repairs on the road jdrivers. ‘The women probably ought | ‘ ae cal a at| “the door on the left,” Ines Bed }is beyond police control But now and t come mishap |N0t to be driving at all unless they foie api gallon dng hy eg harshly. “You know the ; DRIVING Pedestrians, he says, can help by | occurs, , courtesy of the road| KNOW enough about @ car to be| The museum at Washington, BEYOND THM THRESHOLD wler Ninety per cont of accidents, a0) ie watchful; auto drivers should | that all motorists ca 4 with able to make simple repairs, but|C., now contains this “horacless Gar of coal “ ‘mutter of ieonora, turning to Sete to Betier, are due w care | o, epadd inwe and keep their ma-| little tneonvenience to themselves is the fact remains that some are with: | riage,” the firat successful motor car Out, of nothingness, = mutter of| , genom Siradite pau Seanten, comeequentiy are prevent’| vines under contro! at n or of help to a fellow motor-|OUt requisite knowledge, Moreover, |in the United States, George It. Bel- | epee eeeten ae die ; ae eee, cho “wniiok Ta ante. Jespecially at street whose car bas become stranded, |°@48! suffrage bas not yet reduced|den, shown at right, obtained the a ROR RO Tne et ee swune ueek, ‘The apeed quem to turning South | aire most accidents ¢ Such an offer is particulart nely Woman to the statue of man to the| patents covering the propulsion of fa hae ate So wvomelagll engine. | porreliy? aye. hungered for— ern Galtfornts into © graveyard for | Os { the scone of the mishap is some |POInt where the average male would|the vehicle, besides the various savage delight in battling with the| voles #he bad bur E hundreds of persons taking advan: |“PUNIS! | whdee yemetenass from & mae 0 to square himself with hin| means to regulate its speed, steering elements, eeaanement tage of the climate, scenery and | HARD’ would make It difficult to get|COMsclence If he paid no heed to aland starting, The three-oylinder in | At length Leonora turned aside | y «6gOOd roads—the ings that make| Less leniency on the part of aasietance. n distrees. ternal combustion engine can be acen into a sullen street, ill lighted, save cist ae thie section the nation's playground | judges and more heavy fines and)” 7 above the front arle. Practically the for the shining welcome of saloon y s henge! the most careful owners are| Im order to extend an offer of| rind 1, Mario shut the door Yor thousands from every point of | jail sentences would be remedia ; . a ee I find |thia sort it ia not necessary to go| Whole transmission system was con windows on the srownd floor of one| (AENNGs. Ne the worth th ect: han he |CAugHt UnaWares at times and fir exaar e nye Ailapidated dwell | twe hem and th: =H geese eee eee ee aang any ne |themecives far from home and|thru @ lot @f formality—a mere | ered of thie spot Ur =e . “So you have come to me # © ‘The increase in deaths recently in | license of a guilty driver and pre 7 mM wave of the band wil frequently - oder a sign—Family Entrance’ <r’ . «| Minus some ol that te easential to ave « a < eque - - joo: o y 01 a = Angeles county, noted for ae vent him* from using his machine | Mile seme * we ii cnaantial 801 carve the purpose, But i te this | Knock Fi Overheating elena 5 door stees pen ss @ chert | Or oe jifted inns pada to roads, bas been astounding. |for a certain period ie ey Pee Sens apleit ah Waka Giariagy, lee. Gen eae ese bengal pisvcees 7 lO A which a staircase as-| | She lifted her rain-ewes taee ey 4g0 & man who prides himself ny 5 “ ded. 1 d ders Twelve lives were snuffed out {| Guptain Butler says green drivers United States ‘Tire company, that cended onora mounted, and at a "ha four days—seven in one day | ° t g | o> Be Cauipment get a ¥ ayn be noticed by its accompant-| shut door at the top, planted a con-| #4 remembered, figure in thousands of accidents and | 2" 1% Couns aed adds to the Joy of motoring and in ; | “Red? she gasped, staring ‘One accident was typical of MAny.|favors a law in every state com: |*. \ cresece the pablo. At maotetiats Ae pes of steam from the radiator. It] fident finger on @ hidden push but-| _“Hedt! she emsped. wt : Five persons wero killed instantly | pening examination before i» mn ers reg on en: were two| their class YS em ives | occurs mostly going up @ hill, altho | %°P tanec Mares ’ when the driver of an auto failed |o¢ ¢rivers’ licenses. He te di den iain: tee tenho |it may also result on level roads.| | The door swung inward. Leonora Then Inez led you amiss, to heed signals and speeded into 4 | recent accident in which one party . oo a oe moat the guardian of the portale)... sight! His arte Asal Santa Fe limited train. The party | emergency ut when he went to quare ea aright! a included resident Californians taking get one of these tires he could not hee, utes. He did not know how to back i tourist relatives for a Sunday after | up to pull out of the wreck he had| ind the Key to the lock. He was Motorists will know tn advance The Chinese jerked a thumb to-|, Confused, she fell into @ " noon ride. ee ju getting ready to wreck the what the “total bill” ts to be under ward the rear, and Leonora movea| incredulity yielded only to ' By P lock when a car drew up with an the new “Estimate” or “Flat F down the hall. to fi tion of the plan of the rooma, t HEAVY | a “se _ brews or o yrs offer of assistance. It happened system now being installed by the drenched with the prs ip: tihinna at thing reduplicated four times 4 TOLL wed loose on the | 0) cs * While New York, the largest Meets with a powerful motor cap. | ‘Dat the good Samaritan had a key Austin Moseley company. distributors opium. Here, the woman, Inez, eat *Y*ty floor of every building omg automobile city at ane end of [able of manating and killing | of the Oakland automobile. Experts on the edge of a mattress on which | P0ck. But here taste and the map, is killing 75 persons 8 | Captain Butler potnts out that "| M ee ee | lay the man Leonora had come to| Lada arate emty ge the month, Les Angeies, biggest | danger is nation-wide and that ever, t 1 emphasize that “gougin,” as prac mae. | abo saute city at the rng end, bs bt must pe marred day nade 0 orcyc es PREFARED BY SAMUEL. 3, RUMES | ticed by unscrupulous shops at times “Charlie! Leonora cried. *For| ver seen but in the pages of killing an average of 11 persons [new dangers. In one city aisea | | ant-me0 Bomar bn moans in the past, i impossible with the God's sake, wake up? Seanad peste: She shook a | eS mmenth—twice a6 many per | more than 12,000 new pleasure pened | Not Affe t |>s etncn bam ai Highliaen—Rough to} "*% *ystem in operation The man’s head rolled with!” .. “ve lived Bh capita as New York. These fig- [and 300 trucks were sold in nine| King county Mow The ryatem enables the man in | horrifying limpness, wane you've liv here all ures do not inctude Lon Angeles | months, adding 15,000 more chances = — fo mre Cedar | CRATE? to estimate at once for the Leonora sank on her heela. “MY!” sitere 1 ha: te county, and most desths occur (for danger, with each machine an en % grading. Te reach Maple |CUstomer the total cost of any kind Zod!" she said, “what'm I going to ere ve come rest, eway trem the busy city seo | engine of death in the hands of the y rice u Tmeaquah and Mobart or Of repair work, An elaborate card do” nora, a bd — via Pipe Line road index catalog is. used. e you, Since that say Ws tens. lepaed erased. | Motoreycles will not follow in the | 4 oalg a What's the trouble, dearte?”| 1ot call me up—t have bean ial “3 Maple Val stack Diamend— Rough Pe For instance, by referring to cer. | closed near Inez spoke with cloying sweetness, j Wake of the recent panicky down. t- Magpie Valley Partly ethon i, |tain cards, th t th hop can madman. How could you : ward trend of automotive prices.| | Mithca'sf sed rough, Ttell the motorist without any heat | but the other was too far gone in| sor Marmon Holds National Fi ha fe tiny ata a ay" oS agg Se at 2 wu atria by every manufacturer in the cycle | Burell-Vae Cllr dees. valves, ing out the carton, tun duly. “He went mocd by Chendet| “Afraid of the man whe | industry following a meeting of the} ~ 7 = july. le sent word by Charlie— » love? | Medmond-Holiywoed Closed for paving |ing up the motor, replacing the cyl I'd got to ; you, whom you love? You do emonstration Week) s3i2.7c"-i2. 28s. Fae om Sie an iP |e Shao gue [Face ce eae Coeit | eee en in Chicago. The reasonn are| ment, 6\ miles from Renton, open. i ‘ o here and) yee" lobvious. The tnodera solar a's Iemquah-Pall City -Nerth Bead —<jood including Inbor, will be $11.90. show me the way. He wouldn't tell| Yes,” she murmured—"yea, Over 15,000 persons will have thetr) Knowledge that ome cars may mur |QDVICU. | The modern motor {cle 6 | [eaqaah: Redmond vin tans aammam-| Any other phase of repairing t| me—eaid Red maée ‘him swear not|*! ™* Mario. ; car this week, | pass them on one or two points, but ees eee likewise readily calculated by the} a ee first areca Wen “oui |imue a practical challenge to anyone |mechanical construction and may Newport. lamaqush Good. Sad aetinaia Gale shies tw te to. I don't eee why *** And now ‘ according to formation £1 | veal only be compared with the cheap | Rettow Believer. o } | be's down and out, and I don't CHA 4 ~§ the Nordyke & Marmon company, |to out-perform them on a majority jear ae @ high grade watch Is com Peumetae Prank! Twe tin Moseley company ta now install | know how to find Red, and he won't prin hd of Indianapolis. jof the points gtven. be ath Boumciaw being paved; fal ing for the benefit and convenience . called tn apees: ‘uhdional ttebips, hen pared to a cheap alarm clock. Manu | Asbure-Miack Diamond New PS ilieas aatvane te Mastin \ take any excuses * Inet, Tm} giiasesere ea ‘The Frank Waterhouse company |ra-turers of motorcycles cannot be open beyond Auburn to scared?” + been outlinal wherepy all Marmon will have in service three Marmon | nt -e a s two miles eaet Good erervel beyond - - — “You klar | ring. dealers, thruout the United States | demonstrators, and have issued thhcak-onane’nen cot pum Year Thesces| Aine in, Bose ora ass Causes of Smoke aoe polyp ™ Inez said. “IN| ‘The body resting th the will put on a demonstration program | general invitation to all persons, | approximately & per cent, and this | « deed to summit — first four milee| Canses of amoke coming thru the “Your hac aml ‘ehh the now dark studio stirred ‘which will probably be the most com- | whether prospective purchasers of &| col) federal tunes ure. deducted | cans of Nore a exhaust can be ascertained from its “em even maow? Ting.| The noise persisted. She Prehensive demonstration effort ever | car, or curiosity seekers only, to ride | rng makers of motorcycles and their pn My’ war — (Baumeis: Jor. If it ia black it is due to too “Oh, I been there half a spond * * © é put forth by anysbig manufacturer | in the car and check the car's Per | seviern do not fear the remult of thin| yond Row rich a mixture. Lf it is white or blue, times at least.” dozen! In sleep-walking, the girl of motor cars. Every dealer will formance on these 12 automotive en- | | decision, nor do they consider Prove Roomelaw the engine ts being fed with too ‘The smile of trt the telephone to her. “Hello?” have in service from one to three | gineers” ban All of these demon- | betven in competition with the cheap aL. PAVED poppe IN Goop much ofl, If the amoke is gray, which Inez oct WOE tenes ee PP cose. Se FVosdick’s voice cars, equipped with a special mileage | strations will start from the com- D there is too much fuel, besides a sur- % Tegistering tank under the control of | pény’s salesrooms at Pine and Belle.| “F014 vf {tm owin mnt appeals to an | mmttag Mentem — Yia Ainley plus of oi, unapeakably offensive. Hot resent-| She answered without onthas _ hs im Nora's « h vs the passenger. These cars have been vue. The cars will be in charge of | entirely different clase from the|Veshen Stand — The Seatt “Leo told you,” she ps ade “Yes?” especially equipped with stop |experienced operators, but watches for hill climbing and speed those persons who are capable of testa, and a score card will also be | driving an automobile will be allow- “It is I—Philtp.” In the same toneless voles, : “Yes, Philip.” Hetghte terry élacontined users of the cheap car | tiders of today are for part clean-cut, Motorcycle the major| “Sure he did, Inez agreed, Jump- ing up. “C’mo) let's go." red-blooded young |_ for paving Avoiding main streets, Inez ted | “s men to whom t , ‘rt, | Renten-Kent—(Bast Bide)—New conor 4 Listen to me, ing prope Sain DranaR’ sm Gataae AE Sretmeres | pact mare sees Sock’ til they | geen ‘Leonora! T followed. j performance. | tion not governed by price but rather ms UNDER CORSTRUCEION | tate ainister block of tene-| blocks, lost her when she BRIDGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION ments, into which she turned. a tenement, and now I'm 500,000! by quality. walt ror Bini ° demonstration week is being held as| | COLLECTED $21 | me ae gg tt Eng Siar! va ee’ tae jower hall Leo-| watch, waiting for her to a direct challenge to manufacturers! EXCISE TAX IN DETROIT) Lee Mill Heidge Over Green river, near spoke incredulously: “Not} I had to be sure you wei of other cars in the M. pr Mexico City and suburbs that! “Auvurn—tise care in pass here? I called up from @ pay veg ‘The highest automobile excise tex sommprioe the Federal District of | Oriitie Bridge New bridge Inez gave A negative gesture: all right?" class. Pamengers are asked to JUdg®| ever paid in the United States was Por further Information regarding King ” r5 ‘ e:| you all right? | Mexico have 5493 automobiles. ‘Acrost the roofs * * * You don't|~ “y « motor cars by 12 simple, specific! ciscted from manufacturers in and| county roads cali main 6900, local 39 suppose Tend santo ‘Yes, Philip. tests which are used generally b: dick e right| « . —_ en jaround Detroit, For the first four! ‘The contract for automobile ii-| With a population of 18,000 tn door, do you?" peg gs rt automotive engineers the world over. | onthe of 1920 $21,500,000, have seen Leonora—so like Fepre-|cense plates for next eyar in the| habitants, Reykjavik, Iceland, has “You don't think we're followed? . believe peat" ceo d po son Sigua senting the expenditure of about | state of North Carolina calls for «| several hundred motor cars, nearly Leonora demanded in quick alarm, pony padi, be aX candaea, vid cla Staten treaniry went (0) total of 125,000 plates. | all of American manufacture. Inex nodded emphatically, “I|” “yes, Philip.” 3—Deceleration. pariah sd AEA ae “Priscilla! Can't you say 4—Slow speed operation in high When Engine Overheats | hee Magy yeh yh gt vd presto ban pany Puy at 5—High speea operation. ise ton Uk tacts orcine ore Inex paused to peer over the rail.| right ‘ ver ee - am aa A ways be due to a faulty cooling sys | tem. The misture supplied by the} carburetor may be too rich, or the “That's him,” she panted, Leonora joined her. At the bot tom of the deep well of the staircase Mario now * * * Mario will ¢ good care of me, Good-night.* Without waiting for his ¢—East of steering. 7—Convenience of all controls. “ x © for ol : . ole, ut something in-| aga 10—Smoothness of motor oper clogged, or the fan belt slipping, or Jf day's P.-L. dividual in the poes caught Leonsra’s| ent Seened Ok ton. the brakes dragging. And often im- eye and prodded what she took chair, 11—Rigidity. | cabativing is the enuce—tuelag | pel mPa for neimmediately. deep sleep 12—Roadability. the low gear too long, when the car senses, and her soul fared once more on its far quest, 1. SURRENDER Out of that blank void grew and shade. The first thing re nized was the concerned Mario # * © She was in one of the big Mario knelt with an arm round shoulders. waen..2 '*:* husky whisper. “You feel better, eh?” It is their claim that the Marmon ear will out-perform any other car in| the world on these 12 points, figured | The production of the first four | on @ percentage vasis. They ac- cylinder car was in 1900 should be running in high. TIRE hal FROM A SERES OF ARTICLES OM She nodded, stil bewildered “What happened, Mario? I — a so funny, all of a sudden, when telephone began to ring, and * * © J don’t seem to } ‘he telephone has not Leonora.” But I heard it* “A ringing in your ears, Don't you know you fainted?” “Fainted!” She started ly. “Tell mo one thing only,” sued, “Who is Philip?” “Philip?” Her look pletely blank. “I> dor’ Philip * * = “You are sure?”/ G of her face satisf In your faint, + “Yes, Philip’, and *** Tam safe ¥ don’t know.” | perplexed br * * © iv’s like an eck Moneger of Adpatmants for RM OF UNDER-INFLA’ taken from service due er cause. Under-inflg isn’t If ght we'll make if right More tires a! than from any o easily, because tl to make the y new body DELIVERED s the car C “alo soathaale | Rim Cut ; 0 12,000 IN SEATTLE miswed the puale, tion. miles on a set of tires an gallon ; _ tote ‘everthing . ALS WI PROPC by RE RE Supplies Department, 1 10 o'clock united now and fo and wet; a hot bat) another waman, find dry clothing fo ‘Tonight you sleep and quietest hotel YJ the morning we wil for our marriage. J will be far from New They Kissed. Mar! her feet. “The door latches o one knocks, pay shall be back in a have my key.” (Continued in Our NE of gas. Terms of $7 the t that is/ propegly Under-inflation. al: rim-cutting and for the tire coves surface of the mad than it should. Pneumatic stantly subj action; when fire hose, m., November . for deliver leather to Sound ¥ for’ propor jeer, Navy Y et ) the Bureau of ints, SAMUEL tin-Moseley Co. 12th Ave. and East Pike St. Yakima Walla Walla Seattle Spokane es are con- to a flexing \fabrie and even |break it. Every mile run on an under-inflated tire shortens the life of that tire. The Home of the GMC Truck is so greatly in-| it weakens the