The evening world. Newspaper, January 27, 1917, Page 5

—, What You Should Know About Your Auto; How To Drive and Keep It Expert Advice How to Keep Automobiles Running Smoothly and the Best Way to Remedy Machine Trouble—Traffic Suggestions and Pleasure Routes for Evening World Readers. By GEORGE H. ROBERTSON. Trafic conditions t Brooklyn PDP LOOIDDOE DDE HODDER EG 4 6 RICHMOND HL HASAODAGREPAR, NO PLAYGROUND a | Long Island Community De- mands City Give It a Place for Children, Forty thousand citizene of Rich- PPP ing car, the girl saw ward her. A rifle ae DOOODOIGG Borough are gradually improving and the list of accidents due to mo-| tor vehicles fe decreasing. Deputy Police Commissioner Godley, who! has charge of this borough, is taking an active faterest in the vehicular, Question and is changes every now and then, His) latest improvement hi been in| changing two well travelled streets to one-way streets, There has been considerable trat- flo heretofore on Lincoln Place and Berkeley Place, from Fourth Avenue to Plaza Street, in Brooklyn. These | making radical | streets have not the proper width| for the amount of traffic they have to handle, and because of this they have been made one-way stroets, traffic travelling one way on one strect and the! Opposite way on the other. It is this sort of changes that will gradually improve travelling condi- | tons, and with the flying squadron of motorcycle men taking care of traffic | wiolators, Brooklyn will be a regular town to drive in eventually, Motorists should do everything they can to help the Deputy Oommis- Bioner and his men improve the conditions, AUTO QUERIES ANSWERED. ), which burn out In about three weeks’ Amtomodile Biive: time. Was told the trouble was in} Being the owner of 1913 Oakland the coll box. Took old one off and) put new one on, with same resulta, B, WHITSON, @nd am experiencing considerable oun trouble, When in first speed car runs Recon the has oe. i lhared dae na smoothly, but when throwing int a if of the wiring and the of new eecond the car begins to Jerk and| Or ce Meng ae eroub i frene oes not give full power. P. HM. | ERAN Poot due to a y re: Would suggest that the adjustment «¢) nce somewhere in these parts. ef the carburetor be gone over. On account of the cold weather you will) ““7™ find that the mixture needs tp be|, A friend and myself are preparing richer. to take a hike to a town up the Btate llocated near Ellenville, N., Y., and Artomobile TAitor: lw ld ike to know shortest route, Would like to know & good book tell- Y | ing me detatls of the ronds and where commodations may de had, EDWARD B. ROMM. Would suggest that you purcha: Metropolitan Guide Section of Auto- mobile Blue Book. This guide will should be lined up give you ali the information you re- How should front wheels on an au- tomobdile be lined up? be parallel with ¢ make one straiy th puld th ch othe r h the rear | at| The front wheel with the rear wheels without tocing | quire, them in front. toe It was the practice to}... ightly in front, but) 4" Front| le FAltoer How can valve tapping of a Bord! car be overcorne? I have the vuives ground and the space between push rods and valves in correct) and the springs replaced by yet tapping continues, PAUL ENGEL The tapping may be due to the valve tappets where they come in contact with the cams. If the rollers) the wheels is distance between the top of the wheels. Automobile Editor: Where can I buy a book all about electric and gasoline autos, and how much fs it? J.R.M. of ping are worn, a tap will result. The Norman Henley Publishing Lack of lubrication of the cam shaft Company and Sully & Kleinteich will make the operation of the vaives | publish representative books on these noisy, subjects. | Avtmodile PMIiner Automobile Editor: How does the gear shift on a Pack- ard car differ from the gear shift in an Overland car? B. E. IOUS. |runs fine, Runs O. K, on batteries The only differenc in the locas but not on magneto, Is it possibly tlons of the respective spoeds on the) the cause of gas system? Toa nH, The trouble you mention is un- doubtedly due to a poor adjustment Automobile Bi!tor: ranking | of the carburetor, Repair leak in in- worn as Font) end. Se5n Rey take manifold, clean out gasoline line Hele further than neutral the motor from tank to carburetor, clean spark Have 1913 Oakland, which when eeding gas seems to choke carbure- , but when shutting down on gas luge and then adjust carburetor. | and the car begins to move forward, P' Also when I slip the clutch back to bla alr vent in g tank Is high speed it does not grab right way unless I put my foot behind It ull {t back. and Dut CONSTANT READER. The low speed band Is probably too | Automobile BAttort Have a 1913 Buick tn which trans- misston case 1s leaky, I want to re- move the transmission case from car it may be that th - but do not know how to remove all bl ail Seat caiusunent do not parte, Have already disconnected) Shrow the clutch pedal out far rear numeral knuckle, shifting lever gest that the the high speed and foot lever shaft, but am unable to go any further. WILLIAM SHERRY. In order to secure the necessary se: small details which are to enough. Wovld eu ings and epider of clutch be taken.u Automobile Rd!tor: What ts your version of the city | 400-aore park—it's called Forrest Hill) | and ap it as it drips down the wood ordinance ‘relative to the overtaking of etreet cars by an automobile? Must an auto come to e full stop to the rear of @ car, or can an automo- bile pass said trolley providing the to gives eight fect between trolley and auto? Jos, WALKER, The law permits the passing of @ ptending trolley, if o distance of at ight feet is taken between the ieties a utomobile. Where it to allow this distance the Automobile Editer: A friend and I 0 gument 1s that he tion, and I say hi Ret ts on the loc! crank shaft wir hot. Ho says the contra dng causes tho bearing to lock fast whe crank shaft. 1 say t lock due to expan. ‘bea eabet, His are causes cont oe OXY ut eau H expansion The expansion in a heated shaft m: be enough to overcome the expansion of the bearing and the metal of tho bearing will tear, causing what is known as a burnt out bearing. Automobile F My Ov 1 4 will not ascend al hill on third speed, but my Butek 4 will under same conditions, What ts cause? RALPH MILLER, The Overland has a different type ef motor, which is probably not as owerful as the Buick motor. A dif-| eren in difference also, | Automobile FAliter Have a 1912 Bulck and lately had trouble w MOTORISTS’ PROBLEMS SOLVED George H, Robertson, America's foremost racing experts saynt Automobils ownerss and Wishing t ghould not fail to hoo! Day and Frening Cla instruction at hours (o have | ‘© owners Nauffeurs Mn your pectty private eulence, sar ratio may make the| Special Classes for Ladies Call or write for booklet. Stewart Auto School 8 ar OTTH STRERT (at Broadway) the taking out of the transmission, would suggest that you write the Buick branch here and the informa- tion will undoubtedly be forwarded to you. Antomob!e Baltors A claims that @ dattery of say six dry cells {s a storag’ tery, althoush not what ts comm known a8 a Storage battery, B claims that the only storage battery Is the wet battery, Also how often do you matsting bat think it {9 necessary to grind the valves? GPORGH T, MARTYN. A set of dry cells is not regarded as | a storage battery, This term is used) to designate a battery which is cap able of receiving a fresh charge when discharged. It is impossible to re charge dry cells, Valves should be! examined about every 2,000 mile Conditions governing this vary, how over, in the various types of motor Automobile ¥ltors T have a 1918 Marmon, Just recently | ™ an rewired the | when traveling at niles an hour the motor t if L go over that apeed This same thing ahi Can how It ean MOUCHA, - The trouble you mention is prob ably due to @ faulty carbureter ad- justment. If wiring has been installed properly, the ignition should give very | little trouble. ne? be overc Automobile Baitors | {have an Oldsmobile otght cylinder Mode! 44, I have 6 trouble with | Inder from ti sh side gets filled up with off and short elreu! and the motor loses q power, The Instruction b says that the oll gauge sh istor from 10 to 15 so I cut 4 t But @tlll the plugs are covered with oll BILLY CLARK, Your trouble Is due undoubtedly to faulty piston rings, Would suggest that you have the oar agent go over the trouble with you. He will no doubt overcome the trouble, | Automobile Editor | Can an ammeter be put on a 23h p. Bulek car E.R. VAN RIPER, It is possible to use an ammeter es you ruggest, Would ad get: ting a plan of your wiring from t' Buick compan: The instrument should be installed on the active battery outlet. plugs mond Hill, Ll, 1, all the church or-/ ganizations and olvic bodies, the Biks | and the Knights of Columbus and from 12,000 to 15,000 youngsters want to know why the city won't give them one Little breathing spot. They havea| Park. It's filled with several thou- | sand oak and maple trees, has an A No. 1 automobile driveway, golf links, 4 tennis court—but not one solitary foot of ground for youngsters to play in, Comfort etations are wanting, and when a youngster is dying for a drink ho hag to wait until it rains and either put his nose up against a tree of hold his mouth wide open to the sky and take It a la carte, ‘Thats’ not all. ‘Thero are three ways to get into Forrest Park: One ts to! own an automobile, the second ts to| break a lock and the thint 1s to hop over the wall, Now, The Evening World doesn’t know that every equare tnoh of the above description ts true, | because it was very dark when the reporter got there last night to at-| tend a meeting of indignant towns- | men, and he had to walk tn dark clr | cles about seven times, after riding aa! railroads and street cars, before he fot to Congregational Hall, where the indignant meeting was held, Kichmond Hill wants to know tf Johnnie Weir, the Park Commission- | er for Queens, can't discover some! way of getting the village or town “out of Cc the Garkn | HANGING TO THE SWAYING WIR FAIL if Commissioner Welr had been at! Congregational Hall last night ho! would have heard some tnteresting| comment, some of it a bit aarcastio, (yl os PUL Gs the (point asi Riokmone Hin sbnieclbs alae mars ind Sociale seos it, To prove their contention a committee of citizens volunteered to hire a taxt long after midnight, pay tho bill, aad take The Evening World reporter up and down the 400 acres of Forrest Park, But the reporter shooed the suggestion and hurrted| back to his office through @ maize! of poorly lighted streets, along a dark alleyway to Morris Avenue station, thence by open road and tunnel to Park Row. Tho exportence of getting to and from this section of the Greater City developed that some important parts SYNOPSIS OF PRE: ay eon. evacclone bie. w hea usual imperturbability, pendent lumbermen, which, every instance he bad been ip of @ giri—Helen Dawson, of the «reat city resemble a town of Hait an hour earlior, Holmes bed ® thousand inhabitants with five- candle er electrio light as tho! ley Ratlway extension contractor, in chief attraction, | A DRIVEWAY OR A PARK FOR THE PEOPLE? The upshot of the meeting was the paid $t for that reason, “Another thing,” announced Bteph jehip with the girl. “Some day I am } me,” signing of @ petition by 1,000 Intabl- | tants calling on the Mayor and the| white to the lips. mate look over! Holmes pressed the electric button | which communi ists grounds for 15,000 children, on bis desk, The secretary, who an- swered, nodded when Holmes de-| manded the igmediate presence of Behrens, to y- I. N. Tail. or, Principal of the iligh Scadool, pre-| “Behrens,” enapped the lumber sided. Speeches were made by the baron, as Behrens entered, hat tn Rev. W. A. Wagner, J. J. Monroe,| hand, ‘That Dawson girl'a got to Frank A. Ph R be put ont of the way.” Dr. Marie M Bill Behrens did some rapid think- tor for the Pub reo A,|ing. He knew Holmes'a secret | I stern, and ex-Assemblyman De | itd realized (iat Helen Dawson, the| Groot. It was pointed out that the ting “Lass of the Lumberlarn ee | vas not only Holmes's legitimate daughter but real heir to property held in bis name, A broad grin broke out on the visage of Bill Behrens. For once in his life, at Isast, he had an idea He) would marry Helen himself. ‘There would be a nice little abduction, a day or of confinement in the children ara driven out of vacant lots, are not allowed to play on tho streets, and have to “break their way into our wonderful park, apuy de- scribed a forest.’ “No playgrounds at allt the re- porter asked, “You cou "t make onwout tn the two whole 400 acres with the aid of a i . 4 td Deertng cabin out on China Flats— Lise magnifying glass," waa the orang @ little threatening might be necessary, That drunken old ex- preacher on the edge of the clearing would Ue the knot, bather Nurmmey of the local Cath- olfe Church sent word that he was not | vble to attend but that, speaking for that afternoon, when the his parochial school youngsters, he | w a started for the nearly was With the movement heart and|completed grade on Shady Creek, soul, carrying (fty or more new hands Ono of the speakers took @ sly dig! trom Capitol City, Helen inatated « at His Honor the Mayor. |eoing along. ‘The young woma “Recently,” aald this epenkar, “File | foster father, Joe Pawson, young Ds M Honor found fault with the rough | ‘Tom weon, her devoted ‘admirer, iders who drive through the automo- |' Tm Doss of the works Ne « F and again |and half a dozen gang foremen who A fust been patd off ont of young V's $57,000 check, constituted « lvery man in the crow: s pay tn hia pocket. Rut it never nor to get @ move on & us east a half acro for @ play-| So engrossed wore the raffroniara ere in their own affairs that they did fe not notice the prosence on a re dy said that Commtastoner w ‘anawer to a complaint car of Bill Behrens, “Sptke" Deering Jthat contained 600 words and looked| nd geveral men of his notort ng at space! king, Nearing Holt's Siding the the Commis-| Was & stop decause of a hot box A ® applauded Go @Y L, m. BwrrH, M.D), vd get @ oiareana | reason why, “O Lord, ak Mosem to taad Richmond tili| Texte potsons in the hjood are out of the wilderness!" cried Georg®|thrown out by the kidneys. h And every one stood up and eaid| 7 ye The byeora |kidneys act as filters for such pol- Vorrest Hil Pari 19 four miles long and about ree ni wide, Tt ex. |80n% If we wish to prevent old age tends from Bus k to Il\iside Ave-\ coming too soon and increase our fan nator s'and one hiah Chances for a long Ife, we should ‘oo ul ldrink plenty of pure water and take aes | ® ttle Anurle, | up temper tra 1 hattan reach the “burg and try tol When suffering from backache, | get a hall to preach the amenities ee ae nvuctocs frequent or scanty urine, rheumatic was appointed to handle the play-|paine here or there, or that constant grow ant |tired, worn-out feeling, the simple |way to overcome these disorders ts | merely to obtain a little Anurte from arthanake Killed 550, fuake in the Putehiainnd of Hall inthe quickly notice the grand results, You Malay Archineinga, | A previous, Hows will find {t many times more patent ity natives, adding that 200 had been than Iithin, and that ft Alesolves uric a destroyed. acid as hot water coos ar, A LASS OF THE LUMBERLANDS Lying, half fainting, on the roof of a speed- headlong from the train. READ IT HERE— SEE IT ON THE FILM Rupert Holmes, @ tymberman of the North Wor! at of 4c Thirteenth Episode UPERT HOLMES, miltionaire lumberman, wan startled out of his Here, indeed, was a crisis, For years and years he had planned and plotted to defeat the aims of the inde- | Helen's half brother, Stephen, with having paid $37,000 to Dawnon, the Val- | ‘The young fellow had replied that the debt was a just one and that he had “Tt was this announcement that had caused “Dollar Holmes to turn EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 PEASE DOS HE EDHT RTT DEEE DE Behrens coming to- eracked and he fell Wa FELT HER STRENGTH By E. Alexander Powell. 1916, by B, Alexander Dvwefl.) Released through Mutual Film Exchanges, eI. ORAFTENS, dinaqcinted et i the ttter of o ae A RB AG ‘niet But tha a, Teeny, o alptar aes Tho : be ink the if realized, would ruin him, and in thwarted by the quick wit ef @ more; bitterty reproached his own won and | defiance of omters to the contrary. on, Who wee unaware of hie relation- going to awk Helen Dawson to marry | Helen was one of the first to descend for investigation, When the long work train again pulled out those who noticed that Helen Dawson was not on the “flats” believed that sbe was In the caboose, where the riding would be somewhut easier, It was Joe Dawson who discovered that Helen was not on the train, and the discovery was not made wnt nearly twenty miles had been tra- versed. Then one of the men on the rear flat-car told of having ecen “Spike” Deering and Behrens in oon- versation, crouched in the end of a gondola The scattering of anary men that ensued was immédinte. Dawson cut across to the main line, where Kk was feared that Behrens and his crowd might attempt to board another freight. But nothing practical was done because nobody | knew of anything practical to do, Tom Dawson, his face white and net, & 45-00 over his arm, jleft the train with @ bound when it had been backed to the spot where tho previous atop had been made. | Like @ bound he picked up the trail and unerringly he followed tt mile | after mile across the rough country. ‘Tom Dawson had been born tn the| woods and it had not taken him long | © realize the direction the tracks he id followed were taking. Ditations are few and far Jeduetion t# simplified, Dawson know At Helen had teen abducted hy Hehreng and “Spike Deering long re he came within a#lght of the ring and saw the thin wisp of ke rising from the Deering chim- flo nt attacked Deertnea the ready, he waa #utdently from behind hy two of men who had been set to A BAD WRECK-—of the conati- tution may follow In the track of a due to Impure od or Inactive liver, Don't run the risk! 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Hivien saw ‘Kon an ft hopes foso. | | Fond ft low, | , a | Altea on old prea I saw the girl swaying ‘ The Fourteenth Episode of i was on han r 1 ! rat e ‘ Nate ybate had ' y uncieat reprobate Iwad Syl brn (otek $A Lass of the Lamberlan | eee oe L clanee auuwerd. 3 i twa Be Published Saturday, Feb. 3 passed becwe i was directly over t ‘ Dawson at the young woman 1u| Va ' tracks: r ' h or ~ eas “ee } was @ contract. They would fight | tr had nmed and je Aung i papel ich aco ter Heed the |} ‘Then chance gave H i Bet cheer oF er tO argue with th winember GATT ay poiertulion St i Warning slipped it to Tom. An I froin Nala ot (he foot atts sent out by Nature when qhbike® Deering lay writ car on which sue had fallen from the the stomach, liver and vor of the cabin, @ bullet in bit ab- | troney wit bowels have become weal py ig a p84 anne aint, wich |. Link hale fainting on the roof of a ot Sate tie And | epeoding car, the frightened girl saw Holen was tearing wildly accols the | jleiveng coming toward her, He was A Splendid tdea—TR which was traversed at Coleman's | uvmbering over the roof of the box | 9 Crossing by an overhead trolley ratle | cpaekt way. used for light exprossage to the} Av fiehrens fell, ‘Tom Dawson | litte mining town in the valley ft ‘ below. epped from the brush, the still ‘St h B tt emoking riffle in his hand. Twe - Belsing the trolley wheel with tte [amore rie tame bang. Two min. SMOMAC ll ers | Poe Been Miserable Since That Cold.’ ‘Every Picture | Tells a Story” | Feeling Achy | | Since that Cold? | i n | OLDS are a common cause of weak kidneys and aching hacks. 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