The Washington times., 1912-11-16
TRAFFIC POLICE
BEST FRIENDS Of
GREEN DRIVERS
Officers Prevent Many Acct
dents in Busy
-. Streets.
By HARRY WARD.

The green automobile drivers best
triend Is the traffic policeman. II 1t
were not for the carefully considered
traffic rules that are in force in all
cities. there would be a great many
more accidents.
As a matter Of fact, without them
chaos would prevail and the green
driver, enjoying his first experience in
plotting car through a crowded bust
ness street, would have little chance Of
keeping his car intact.
The traffic regulations are his saliva
ton. Without them he would 80 blum
dering through, perhaps at excessive
lose his head, and probably The Iamps
of his car. with the rules he IL kept
In check and saved from himself
Once In a while we are inclined to
motorist. An officer calls us down
because In turning Il corner two wheels
touch the car track. as we have failed
to keep within the prescribed distance.
We get sore. But a little calm thought
at once convinces us that these rules
and regulations are right
In saving the green driver from the
bumps In crowded traffic. they also
protect the experienced driver, because
the seasoned man IL not so much afraid
OF what trouble he Is going to drive in
to as he is of the trouble the green
fellow Is going to force him into. The
= Ahdn WhO 10 lISl Hlup " but
wheel can be as destructive as the
proverbial bull In a china shop. and
therefore, am thankful for that white
gloved hand that rises so calmly and
majestically at every crowded corner"
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When the multiple disc clutch slips.
try using a thinner oil in it. Wash out
the clutch with gasolene before filling
with the new oil. II this does not do.
new plates will probably have to be
bought. the old being badly worn. DO
not run a multiple disc clutch dry un-
less It is expressly Intended to be 80
run. for It Is liable to seize.
This is history repeating itself. sure
enough" laughed Vaughan CHASER, ac-
tor and producer of plays. one day re-
Gently. as he stepped from his Garford
touring car In Philadelphia, after a
run from Pittsburgh. I'm the old days
of the show business. the little One-rins
circus Travelled over the country In
horse drawn vehicles Today, I am
touring large part Of the United
my company, by means of a motor
car. During this season I have travel
cI approximately $500 miles over all
sorts of reads and under almost every
known weather condition. But over
land trooping' nowadays Is vastly diff
ferent from the old wagon-show ex-
periences, Then: ra:nstorm would
tion of the performance. I have never
yet failed to reach the next stop In
plenty Of time to start the show"
Popping back Into the corburetor Is
rather a dangerous diversion for some
cars. II 1t does not cause a confiagra-
tion. II at any rate causes the motor to
skip or even stop 1t Is usually due to
a lean mixture. which burns slowly, sc
that fame Is left In the cylinder at the
end of the exhaust stroke and ignited
the incoming gas. To prevent, adjust
the carburetor for richer mixture. II
this does not avail. look to the valves
and see that they opeate freely with
would allow the flame in Il cylinder tC
escape into the manifold and ignite tn,
gas.