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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

with a complete index Of insertion In
each volume of the handbook.
AS new standards now before the
society for mail ballot are adopted
additional data sheets will be issued
The society also collects and prepares
for publication other data than iti
adopted standards. when the former
are of direct interest to the automo-
bile engineer and manufacturer; prop
er credit being given to the original
sources.
The s. A. e. Handbook is one of the
most valuable products of the society
In addition to the official version OF
newly adopted and firmly established
automobile engineering standards, II
contains more data necessary in the
automobile drafting room than are
ob:ainable in any other one publica.
ton. 1t is the most important and
useful of the handbooks in the engi-
neering library of the technical man
engaged in the automobile and allied
industrie3
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
BOOSTERS IN AUTOS TO
MAKE TRIP NEXT MONTH
All Those Desiring to Join Them Can
Do So, Says President
R. P. Andrews.

September Is and IA have been decided
on as the dates of the Washington trade,
boosting automobile run, to be given un
der the auspices of the Retail Merchants
Association. into Virginia and Maryland
Announcement has been made that the
trip Is open to all those with a heart and
mind to help boost for Washington
Ten dollars per person will include the
entire cost of the trip. including the ex-
penses of the Merchants Band of ter
pieces. The route will include such i'm,
portant centers as Leesburg and Win,
chester. Va: Martinsburg, W. Va. and
Hagerstown and Frederick, Md.
President r. P. Andrews. chairman OF
the committee, will make the trip in ad-
Vance to perfect all details. and an
nounces that those desiring to participate
should send in checks covering reserva-
tons at once. and that hotel rooms and
positions in the line will be distributed
in the order Of receipt.
Reservations covering the trip should
be addressed to Chairman Andrews, in
the offices of the Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION, fourth floor, Star Building.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
RELAY SHOWN ON MAPS.
Motorcycle Rou>. to Frisco from
Capital Was Sketched.

The thousands upon thousands of Wis
itors attending the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition at San Francisco
were kept informed Of the progress OF
the riders in the Trans-Continental Mo-
torcycle dispatch relay from Washing
ton to San Francisco in a most novel
manner.
In the transportation building a huge
relief map of the Lincoln Highway was
erected at a point near the motorcycle
exhibits. The various relays Of the trans
continental run were marked Of and the
progress of the riders was denoted from
hour to hour by means of miniature mo-
torcycles travelling across the map. The
official In charge of the exhibit was
kept informed hourly of the movements
of the riders by kilograms from Chair
man Donovan. of the F. A. NJ. Compe-
tition Committee, who managed the re-
lay.
Visitors at the exposition were shown
by this means exactly what the motor
cycle Is worth, not only in army serv-
ice. but also as a dependable and speedy
mount. capable Of doing really big
things.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
new DATA IN
5. A. E. BOOK
Details of Auto Construction
More Clearly Set Forth
In 1t.
HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED
New Cross Index System Affords Facts
with Little Work on Part
of Students.

The Society of Automobile Engineers
has sent 70 its members a number of
additional data sheets of the s. A E.
handbook. these comprising thirty -fve
supplemental and superseding sheets
for volume I and thirty-seven for
volume H.
Among the data sheets are those
giving details of the most recently
adopted standards of the society, rem
formation as to these. The new yoke
and rod end pin standards. large hex
spark plug shell, large diameter
thread pitches. standard sizes of pneu-
matte tires. recommended practice for
pleasure car frames. side outlet car
bureter fanges. larger sized fiared
tube ellis and tees and the new speci-
fications for ground-return electrical
installations on gasoline automobiles
are described and illustrated clearly.
II addition the table of horsepower
values derived from the N. A. C. c.
formerly a. L. A. NJ formula has
been extended to cover eight and
twelve-cylinder engines. Conversion
tables of percentage of grade to angle
of grade are also included. Piston
displacement tables for eight and
twelve-cylinder engines of from 1874
to 1915 cubic inches content are
given. Two sheets are devoted to
crank angles and corresponding pis-
ton positions.
The effect of altitude on horsepower
development of gasoline engines is
treated on three sheets. with curves
and formulas. Diametral and circular
pitch tables. which are useful to en-
gineers in laying out transmissions
and other gear work, are given on
four sheets. To the metric conversion
data previously issued there has been
added a table giving decimals of
millimeter for each thousandths of an
inch. 1t is believed that this. is the
first time this information has been
distributed generally.
The new table of standard linear
units should be found very beneficial,
as we'll as the conversion curve of
miles per gallon to liters per 100 kilo-
meters. enabling the engineer to
Judge intelligently of gasoline con-
terms of the metric system. The sheets
on the Standardization of pipe thread
guages. total keyway depth, equiva-
lent values of electrical. mechanical
and heat units and the economical Sc
lection of belts and pulleys. make the
handbook of greater value.
simultaneously with the distribu-
ton of the new sheets, a revised in
dex was issued containing exhaustive
cross references in order that all
data in the handbook, which is now
constituted of over 400 pages bound
in two loose-leaf folders. can be To-
Gated in a minimum of time. The
members of the society are furnished
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
SPEED.SUBJECT
OF LAWMAKERS
"A. A. A. Codes Different Auto
Statutes for Distribution
to Members.
CLASS LAWS on SUBJECT
Machines Are Taxed for Using Public
Highways and Also as Per-
sonal Property.
CLASS LAWS ON SUBJECT

while the automobile trade has
been steadily progressing in the di-
rection Of cutting down the cost Of
cars and their maintenance, the
thoughts of the law makers on mo
tor cars have not been so happily di-
rected.
me touring bureau of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association has Just
completed a codification of the auto
mobile laws as they are at the pres
net writing. This codification soon will
De ready for distribution and a COPY
may be had by sending to the ma
tionai headquarters OF the association
either at Washington or New York.
A casual study will demonstrate
mat automobiles are essentially sub
)ects for class legislation in most of
the States. Not only are they taxed
as users of the highways. but with
some exceptions. they are also taxed
as personal property. There are also
States which have a third means of
making the motor car owner pay. In
these, the owner is compelled to take
out permit to use his own property
for personal pleasure.
The notable exceptions wherein the
paying of one tax definitely bars all
other forms are In the States of New
York. Idaho. Iowa and Oklahoma
These commemorative specifically
provide that registration is in lieu
OF all other taxes. To this list should
be added Pennsylvania and Vermont,
wherein there are no added taxes.
though not SO specifically provided for
in the legislative acts.
More sanity in Statutes.
Those States where the owner is
required to pay a third tax are Con-
necticut. Delaware. Florida, Maine
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey
and the District of Columbia. In YER
mont while escaping the property tax
the owner pays for a driving license
Considerable more sanity has been
writtel irto the laws regulating the
speed beth in municipalities and on
the open road This section shows
that almost unanimously it is now
realized that reasonable and prudent"
are. after. all, the same viewpoints of
operation.
Reasoning expression OF how auto
ElobilcS ought to be driven rather
leads to the hope that the speed reg
ulations will sooner or later bring
about an equally unanimous set of
miles per hour rules for definite con-
dttions. until such time as q law like
Louisiana's obtains everywhere. As
now listed. these are just enough
varied in the mileage rate. though
rather alike in their detectives. TO
create confusion on the part Of the
interstate tourists.
Louisiana recognizes that miles-per-
hour restrictions do not guarantee a
sane use of the highway by al! It's
users. and particularly those losses
sing vehicles of great speed. it places
direct responsibility on all concern
ed and should result in rates OF speed
ditions.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
FREE SERVICE TO
ALL AUTO OWNERS
Miller Bros Expert VIII Help Correct
Trouble of Any Car Shown
to Him.

Free service to the automobile own
ers of Washington seems too good to
he true. Ii is a fact, however. that the
local firm of Miller Brothers, whose
service station is located at 81 Pierce
street northeast. have adopted the poll
icy of giving certain classes of sery-
ice and advice absolutely free to any
automobilrst. no matter what make
of car he is driving or where he may
reside. In order to carry out this pol
icy with all makes of cars they have
secured the services of J. 3. Havi-
land. of Detroit an expert. who has
had a wide experience as service man.
ager for some of the best known man.
ufacturers of high priced cars in the
automobile field
Miller Brothers announce that they
will inspect all grades and makes of
cars absolutely free of cost to their
owners and if any actual or incipent
trouble is found In the car. no mat
ter if 10 he a mocha nical defect, tire
troubles. battery. paint, upholstery. or
any other part or accessory that is
not giving satisfaction to the owner
of the car they will have il examined
by an expert in its particular line who
will advise the owner exactly what
the trouble is and how il may be rem
edied.
HIS Is given dbSoluIPly Tree.
no matter what the make of car or
whether. the party asking for the serv-
ice is or is not customer of Miller
Brothers. Motor car owners will not be
slow to appreciate what the free serv-
ice and advice given by Miller Broth
ers will save them in the cost of re-
pairs and upkeep, while many a mo-
torist with a cranky" car who has
never been able to find out just where
the trouble lies will welcome the op-
portunity to secure the advice of high
grade experts without cost to him
self.
Claude z. Miller, who is RESPONSE
BILE for this progressive innovation in
automobile service. says he wants
every car owner who desires advice
in regard to his machine to feel per-
feCtly free to call at Miller Brothers
service station. 81 Pierce street north
east, where. he assures them, they
will receive the most cordial and
courteous treatment.
Forty Dallas Tex) motorcycle riders
have formed new club in that city. II
is affiliated with the F. A. NJ.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
Detroiter Company Gets Hood.

Alfred o. Dunk, president of the De-
troiter Motor Car Company, announces
the appointment of Wallace c. Hood as
general sales manager for the company.
Mr.. Hood is one of the best-known au-
tomobile men in the country. He assum-
ed charge of the "Detroiter" sales in
July, 1914. and prior to that was sales
manager for the Standard Motor Truck
Company. the Everitt Motor Car Com
pany and the Chalmers Motor Car Com
pany. Mr.. Hood is negotiating with the
former most successful distributors for
the "Detroiter'' and will shortly have
one of the finest selling forces in the
United States
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
MITCHELL CARS
Reach CAPITAL
Being Shown and Distributed
by Local Firm of Miller
Bros.
BATES DESIGNED THEM
He Has Made Unique Record in
Shaping Popular Machines at
Small Prices.

The new 1916 Mitchell models Of pleas
ure cars have arrived in Washington and
are now on exhibition at the safes rooms
Of Miller Bros. 1405 H street northwest
who are the distributors Of these cars
Cor the States Of Maryland. Virginia and
the District Of Columbia These cars
have not been represented in Washington
during the past two years and their ad
vent into this territory brings to thG
notice of the automobile-bu public
car of such STERLING merit and mod
crate price for the value given that can
only smell success to its distributors and
SatiSfac tion to its purchasers. The cars
arc furnished in two models. the six
of 10 and the Mitchell Eight The
six of 'i6'' comes equipped with either
a two-passengcr roadster of a five-pas-
scnger touring body at S1.25O. or a seven
passenger touring body at SITS. while
the Mitchell Eight comes equipped
with either two-passenger roadster or a
fve-passenger touring body al $3.50
The Mitchell cars are manufactured by
the Mitchell. Lewis Motor Company, OF
Racine. Wis. who have made the name
OF Mitchell famous throughout the coun-
try for eighty years in the manufacture
of the Mitchell wagons and whose repu-
tation and financial standing are I'M
questioned j. w bate. IEe vice preSl-
dent and designer of the Mitchell Lewis
Motor Company. holds the unique position
of being the first automobile engineer
in America to produce practical auto
mobiles in large quantities. As early as
1893. lie designed and marketed the first
hi2h-crade practical automobile to sell
at $40
Designed Many Cars.
In 1Gn5 he Yves responsible for the
Mitchell Side-entrance touring car at
$3.50 at that time the lowest priced
four cylinder touring car on the Amer
lean or European market, and in 1910. the
Mitchell siX-cylinder seven passenger
touring car at S2,0O. a price one-third
less than any six in the world at that
time
In 1872 the famous Mitchell Baby Six
which sold for $3.50. and was the very
first lightweight six-cylinder car in the
world TO sell for less than s2,0O0, made
its appearance.
The Mitchell six Of 49, and the
Mitchell eight arc his latest triumphs
in the automobile field and represent the
highest type of automobile quality. lux
ury and comfort that II is possible to OBJ
tail. at prices that are epoch-making.
The Mitchell car is also unique in that
9s ner cent of the entire car is made in
their own plant. which has area of
over fortv-fve acres. The only parts of
the car not built by the Mitchell Lewis
Motor Company are the electric system,
Carhuretor. distributor and tires. Every
Other part is made and finished in their
Own Plant under the watchful eyes of its
designer. Nothing cheap or imperfect is
allowed 10 enter into its construction.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

Owing to the above methods of design.
manufacture and supervision. the
Mitchell company is in a position to build
cars of the first rank in quality. luxury.
comfort and convenience, and put them
on the market at prices that defy COM
petition in their class.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

Rossmore, of Atlanta; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
w. Higley, of Hartford. Wis: Benjamin
B. Myers and his two sons. Herman and
Edward. of Pittsburgh. and Henry G.
Worley and Samuel a. Willard, of Los
Angeles.
Frederic L. Huidekoper. one of the Ma
tional Capitals best-known motorists, is
one of the newest members of the Dis
trict of Columbia Automobile Club Mr..
Huidekoper will leave Washington today
on an extended motor tour. mapped out
for him by the clubs touring bureau.
His itinerary will include Philadelphia.
New York City. Boston, the Berkshire
Hills. the White Mountains, the Lake
Champlain region. the ,Adirondacks. and
Delaware Water Gap. Mr.. Huidekoper
is the sixtieth member of the local auto
mobile club to request a motor route
through the above-named country.
Motordom celebrates a hard-won VIC
tory today. August I was the date set
by Secretary of the Interior Lane for the
opening of Yellowstone National Park to
elf-propelled vehicles. and with this or
der was swept away the final barrier to
the automobilist seeing the wonderlands
of the West from his car.
What this means to motorists Is best
exemplified in the demand on the A. A.
A. touring bureau In this city for routes
to the San Francisco Exposition that
would include Yellowstone. This demand
Immediately followed Secretary Lanes
decision.
BY persistently and energetically con-
tending for this action. the A. A. A. was
rewarded with success. 1t Is quite with
in reason to say II it had not been for
this persistency Yellowstone probably
would be still closed to automobiles. Sew
eral Of Mr.. Lanes predecessors were SIM
ilarly petitioned by the national body of
road users and its afiiliated local and
State units without tangible results.
When the question was first preached
to Secretary Lane. he received it with
keen interest. Stephen Mather, his as
sistant. was delegated to investigate the
matter. The decision which so gratifed
tourists all over the country resulted.
This opens up new trails to old WON
derlands for the motorist. After drink
ing In the glories Of the Yellowstone, the
road traveller can continue on the Glacier
National Park, in whose confines rises
the most impelling visions in the Rock
les, and then strike out for Seattle. cross
ing the Cascades by the new highway
through Snoqualmie. At Puget Sound
there II another of Uncle Sans wonder
lands Of beauty-Mount Rainier National
Park.
On down the Pacific highway to Port
land. and . trip over the Columbia River
highway gives the tourist q rare treat
The last national park before reaching
San Francisco IL Crater Lake. in South
ern Oregon. Later. the motorist may
take his car mt xs~ ~lts and ~ parks
- ~ tsaaa
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
Found Agencies in Richmoud.

A. II. Shoup and Jerome Fanciulli
general manager and car sales man.
ager. respectively. for Miller Brothers
left for Richmond Tuesday last &c
close contracts for agencies for the
Mitchell and bort cars in some Of the
best portions of Virginia.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

Port Jervis Motorcycle Club is the
name of a new body at that Empire
State city. 1t has sixteen members and
all are F. A. NJ. men.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
MOTORCYCLE NOTES.

The Garden City Motor Club of San
Jose. Cal, has seen fit to affiliate with
the F. A. NJ. There are twenty-six mem
bers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

The following Washington motorists
Joined the District Automobile Club dur
ing the past week: Frereric L. Huide-
koper, Grant Leet. Rev. J. Phelps Hand.
Stacy H. Briant. Oscar J. Ricketts,, Jesse
]. Haas. Miss Eleanor Day. Frederick w.
Greene. Alfred Grove Seil~- Ard Rev.
John Wan nnhnAnl. ~
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
Has New Advertising Manager.

Alfred o. Dunk, president Of the De-
troiter Motor Car Compay. successors to
the ''Briggs-Detroiter'' Company, De-
troit, announces the appointment Of
Frank NJ Eldredse as advertising mana
ger for his company. Mr.. Eldredge has
had a wide and varied experience As an
advertising and publicity promoter and
will inaugurate at once a national ad-
vertising campaign for the "Detroitsr"
cars.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

Five motorcycles have been bought for
use in the police department at Houston.
Tex
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

Among the motor tourists-individual
members of the A. A, A. Or members of
some automobile club affiliated with the
national organization-who registered al
local automobile club headquarters dur
ing the past week were Mr.. and Mrs.
William Turner and William Turner, jr..
of Omaha; Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Parry. Har-
old Parry and Miss Josephine Parry, of
Omaha; Charles A. Hanson. Charles
Haserman, J. NJ. DUNCAN and G. Tracy
Rossmore, of Atlanta; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
w. Higley. of Hartford. Wis; Benjamin
B. Myers and his two sons. Herman and
Edward. of Pittsburgh. and Henry G.
Worley and Samuel a. Willard. of Los
Angeles.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

Forty Dallas CTexD motorcycle riders
have formed a new club in that city. II
is affiliated with the F. A. NJ.
The Washington times., 1915-04-25
Evening Services in the Churches

potan Baptist Church. Sixth northeast
Judge W. j. Norris First Baptist Church. Sixteenth
and o streets northwest
F. W. Johnson Grace Baptist Church. Ninth
and ID streets southeast.
"A Disappointing Way the Rev B. D. Gaw West Washington Zap
Church. Thirty-fr and streets northwest, 7:45.
Destitute Degraded" the Re Dr. Muir Temple Baptist Church.
Dr. John T. Huddle, st. Paul
Lutheran Church, Eleventh and streets norhwest,s
Holiness the Rev. Percy Foster Hail. Episcopal
Thirteenth northwest,
Kill David and Davds Escape Joseph Wngate
Folk Fourth Presbyterian Church. Thirteenth and Fa1mont
northwest 1880.
Burning the Dr. Wallace Radcliffe New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church. g.
Lots Choice of Choice Lots the Rev Dr. C. Everest Granger
streets northwest, g.
Paul r. Hickok Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church. Fourth and B streets southeast, g.
"Jeptha Harvey Dunham Western Presbyterian Church.
street, near Nineteenth northwest, 8.
"The Completion of Creation the Rev Dr. Charles Wood Pesb
northwest, g.
'he World for illustrated George Tibbts Washington
and the Orthodox Church. Charles w. Pafaow All
Church. Fourteenth and streets northwest
Jacobs Well Nazareth" Charles Fuz United
Memorial Church. North Capitol and Streets 73o
Dope Quack Medicine the Rev. Dr. Jay T. Stocking
Supremacy the Rev. Dr. Clarence A. Vincent Mt
Congregational Church. Columbia road Fourteenth
street. 8.
Rev. John MacMurray Union NJ E.
Church. Twentieth Pennsylvania northwest g.
Bibles Message Morgan Chambers, Nc
Kendree NJ E. Church. Massachusetts avenue near Ninth street
The Finding shera Montgomery,
metropolitan M E. Church. John Marshall Place and street
Christian Church" the Rev Howard
Downs Wesley E. Chapel Fifth and streets northwest g.
to Dr. W. R. Wdderspoon Foundry ~
E. Church, Sixteenth and Church streets northwest g.
"Why Are We Protestans the Rev. Dr. F. NJ Mccoy Waugh H.
Church. Third and A streets northeast, 1880.
Lucus c. Clark Hamlne NJ E. Church.
Ninth and streets northwest, g.
The Washington times., 1915-04-25
ENTREPoTS FOR PLAGUE

DR.. J. A. Nydegger, head of the
Federal Health Service at Baltimore,
before sailing yesterday for Europe
to study health questions arising
from the war in their relation to
this country, sounded timely warn
ing to the United States. Typhus,
cholera, and plague, he said, may be
brought to America on almost any
ship, but the great danger lies, in
his opinion, in the fact that both
Baltimore and New York are outside
Federal quarantine. They enjoy the
doubtful honor" Of being the only
American ports so circumstanced,
and DR.. Nydegger declared that as a
sssult "the danger to the whole
country is imminent"
State authorities cannot be de-
pended upon to maintain quarantine
stations as responsibly as would the
Federal Government. Their interest
is local, rather than national, and
tuCy uClthCI C1ulp IHc oIdIiOilo llOI
furnish the service adequate to meet
the national needs. The Federal
Government is ready to take over the
stations and would promptly make
them equal to any situation. Were
this done, there would be less appre.
hension concerning the possibility OF
the dreaded scourges getting a foot.
hold here.
It is charged that the opposition
Of foreign steamship lines, together
with politics, has prevented the
transfer of the Baltimore quarantine
to the Federal Government. Neither
they nor politics should be permit
ted to stand in the way of measure:
necessary to insure the countr,
against malignant plaques. Tht
ports of Baltimore and New Yorl
are not gates to two States merely
but to the entire country. Tn,
danger is national and should hav'
national treatment.