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Evening star., 1916-01-02

cry. and in increasing their outputs
have been able to produce better cars
or better parts, as the case may De.
at lower cost. even though the cost OF
the raw product was higher. Never
in the worlds history. it is said, has
there been such a popularizing of a
complicated structure as that which
the automobile industry has given to
the public. and never before has such
a multitude of Improvements been
crowded into a few short years, or one
might say in even few short months.
Although many of the visitors this
year at the show are here for the pur-
pose of seeing what is new in the way
of mechanical contrivances and i'm
provements. still there is an enormous
percentage, particularly among the
woman visitors, who are taking adVan-
tage of the opportunity to obesrve the
outer physical refinements- The aver
age woman cares little about looking
under the hood of motor car or open
ing up the rear axle housing. even
though she may understand the work
ings of motor.
These days people take it for granted
car are up to certain standard, and
that, too is a very high standard New
ideas in interior decoration. upholster-
ing and convertible body, with either
open or limousine possibilities, the
seating arrangement designed with the
comfort of passengers in view, the ar
tistic exterior lines and color combi-
nation of the body-all of these come
in for a large share of consideration at
the automobile show.
Ask any automobile salesman here at
the show and he will remark how
truly remarkable it is that show visi-
tors are SO quick to notice points of
minor refinement without their atten-
ton being called especially to the
same. At this years show there is
much to please the automobile con-
noisseur and the layman alike. The
setting for this years affair is more
and no expense Was spared in the
decorations. The interior of the palace
represents THE Palace of Motoria"
Mororia is the goddess who watches
over the destinies of the automobile
Industry. and she has been visualzed
in statuary and has graced number
of past automobile shows in this city
The goddess stands aloft with hands
outstretched upon a steering wheel, her
flowing draperies blowing in the
The show will be open daily this
week from 10 am. until 1870 pm
Wednesday has been set aside for
society day. on which occasion no
charged. as on former occasions
Tuesday has been selected as Pioneer
day" having been arranged for the
men who actually gave the industry its
first start in this country. and give
them an opportunity to exchange
greetings. THURSDAY will be Military
day and numerous prominent army
and navy men lave been invited to be
present The show is under the man.
agement this year of S. A. Miles On
the show committee are Col George
Pope. chairman. and Alfred Leland, as
sisted by Elfred Reeves. general man.
Iager of the National Automobile Cham
Der of Commerce.
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at the bottom of the ranks. SO to speak.
early in 1915, with figures at .06 per
cent, now looms to the front with a
percentage of 1873, while the twelve
cylinder motor. new conner in the
automobile field, starts out in good
shape with 6.3 per cent The growing
popularity of the small bore motor
of relatively high speed is strongly
evidenced by the fact that close to
20 per cent of the new models have
cylinders of three and one-half inches
or less whereas last year the percent
age was much smaller at the same time
of the year. Oylipders with bores of
four and one-half inches and over are
rapidly disappearing, the small bore
forging to the front in 1916.
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CHAUFFEURS TO FORM
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Permanent Association Contem.
plated, With Safety First
as Motto.

A number of Washington chauffeurs
are engaged in forming a social organ
ization to be known as the Professional
Chauffers' Association Temporary
officers have been elected as follows:
President. Milton D. Smith; vice presi-
dent, NJ. NJ. Stockley: secretary, &. II.
Hudgins; financial secretary, Nesbit
Bowling: treasurer, Paul p. Turnage.
The members of the organization com
mittee are as follows: Milton d. Smith.
chairman: NJ. NJ Stockley. Nesbit Dow1-
ing, c. H. Hudgins, Paul p. Turnage. c.
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ENLARGEs SERVICE STATION.
Miller Bros Auto and Supply House
Gets More Floor Space.

Announcement is made that Miller
Brothers automobile and supply house
has obtained an additional one-half
acre of floor space located imm ediately
in the rear of the present service sta
ton, 61-S1 Pierce street northeast,
which will give an L street frontage
of approximately go feet, SO that the
plant at the present time consists of
practically twp acres of floor space.
The firm also has leased the show
rooms at 829 14th street northwest. 1t
is the intention to- use these rooms
exclusively as the FIRMS used car ex-
change. The salesrooms will be in
charge of G. NJ. DOVE. formerly of New
York city. c. Fl. Osborn will be assis-
tant manager.
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PROMOTIONS ARE ANNOUNCED
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Eleyates Three Officers.

AKRON, Ohio. January AT the an
nual meeting of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company Secretary q. NJ.
Stadelman, sales manager. was made
Il vice president. He continues as sales
manager.
=. w. Litchfield, who has been with
Goodyear as factory manager almost
since the beginning, also was elected a
vice president.
A. r. Osterloh was elected secretary.
He also is assistant sales manager.
His work began with Goodyear as a
Chicago branch salesman in 1902.
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Safety First" the Motto.

Safety first is going to be the mot
to of the association. and every mem
ber of the organization will be required
to conform with the traffic regulations
as adopted. from time to time. 1t is
planned to secure permanent club head
quarters in the down town section of
the city. District officials will be in
vited to address the members of the
Organization at their meetings, as well
as officials of the police department,
from the standpoint of traffic. Those
who belong to the association at the
present time feel that they can be of
assistance to the local authorities, and
are desirous of cooperating in the en-
forcement of all regulations and in the
safety first" campaign.
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Remarkable Strides Made.

While it is true that the demand for
steel, copper, iron and other materials
to be made into munitions has raised
the price of raw material and brought
about conditions making it difficult for
the motor car manufacturers to secure
delivery of the raw or partly machined
material. nevertheless such remarkable
strides have been made in other direc
tions that this extra expense is more
than compensated The majority of
the factories have installed recently
considera BILE new labor saving machin
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Takes Glide Agency.

. The Ingraham Poston Corporation has
taken the agency in the National Capital
and vicinity for the Glide car. the first
model of which arrived here few DAYS
ago. The firm has taken temporary quar-
ters at 1915 New York avenue. arrange
ments now being made for permanent
salesrooms The concern has also pat
ented and viii represent the Kasper
semaphore signal for automobiles
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ACCOMPANIED PEMBERroN.

H. Volkman. Joseph Donovan, Frank
Passini and Roy Mattingly.
A meeting of the organization will be
held tomorrow night at o'clock at
1880 14th street northwest. when a per-
manent organization will be formed.
The present officers have extended
general invitation to chauffeurs to at
tend the meeting
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REQ and Oakland Deliveries.

Among the recent purchasers of 1916
Oakland cars are the following: Dr.
Thomas Miller, jr.. six-cyIinder touring
car, and Bert Nye and DIR. j. NJ Ram
sey, six-cylinder roadsters
REQ four-cylinder touring cars were de-
livered TO f. n. Weatherless. Dr. Will
liam Earl Clark and William H. Bennett.
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ton does for the entire country. and.
Furthermore. an international plate of
identity is obtainable at moderate
cost, which is recognized by all the
countries. Previous to the war plans
were under way for the general adop-
tion of an international triptych. which
would have reduced to a minimum the
difficulties of customs regulations, a
single payment and a checking in and
out of each country visited comprising
the brief incompiex procedure.
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Single Cylinder Days.

Having passed through the days
when the single cylinder developed
into the two cylinder. and later be-
came the familiar four-cylinder type,
then increasing to six and more re-
Gently to eight and twelve cylinders;
having been through the mill, so to
speak, of various sorts of transmits
sions, several kinds of ignition and
numberless other vital things. the car
of the new year represents the most
remarkable development of two dec
ades.
The best brains of the mechanical
world are at the command of the pres
ent-day buyer, and they produce for
him such structure as was not
thought possible when the industry
started. Splendid, up-to-date factories.
filled with the best designed and most
out parts that. for exactness. proper
tion and quality of material, never
have been seen before. The present
day machines are built in such a man
ner that they last longer. The up
keep and repair expense is less TO the
buyer, SO that today he not only gets
more for his money in the initial in
vestment, but he is the one who gains
in the matter of upkeep. The machine
has succeeded the man until intelli-
gence seems to- be all that it lacks nd
this the owner supplies to the machine.
The advent of the twelve-cylinder
car as commercial proposition and at
a reasonable price is one of the big
events of the show, and in addition
to this the increasing number of eight
cylinder cars on display serves to en-
phasize the rapidly growing popularity
of what might be termed the multi
cylinder type of motor. In recent
years the pride of. position has in
variably been held against all comers
by the four-cylinder motor. While it
still maintains that place it does SO
v-r,tr, hA syfxy
cylinder motor is pushing it with all
its might and main. The six-cylinder
motor, however. is not maintaining it's
gain, which il made at the last show,
when it represented 49.1 per cent Of
the total, having dropped back to 3s.2
per cent, being the same figure which
II represented in 1913.
The eight-cylinder motor, which stood
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A Ford Owners Association.

Samuel Saulpaugh, treasurer OF the
American Ford Owners Assoc ,ation, Inc
was visitor for few days during the
past week in the National Capital. He
was here for the purpose of forming a
local branch Of the national organiZat ION,
which has headquarters in Albany, n. Y.
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BILL TO MAKE TRAVEL
FREE IN ALL STATES
Measure introduced in Congress
Would Abolish Necessity of Addi-
tional Auto Tax on License Plate.
If Passage Is Obtained, Motor Car
Users Here Would Enjoy Same
Privileges as Those Abroad.

II the measure introduced in Con-
gress by Representative w. c. Adamson
of Georgia become a law it will be pos
sible for an automobile owner with his
nome state registration number freely
to travel in other parts of the United
States without additional taxation or
tagging.
This is the concise manner in which
Mr. Adamson sets forth what. to all
intents and purposes is a sensible sub
stitute for federal automobile regis
tration number:
NO person personally qualified under
the laws and regulations of the state.
territory or district of his residence to
use and operate such vehicle or vehicles
snail be required in any other state or
territory or district into which he NAV
go for business or pleasure to make
any additional registration or take out
any additional license or tag or nav
any additional tax in order to use and
operate any such machine; nor shall
any owner of such vehicle who has
complied with the laws of his own
state as to registration, license, tag
sing or tax be required, in order to
operate the same vehicle in any other
state, territory or district, to make any
additional registration or secure any
other license or tag or pay any addi-
tional tax"
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demand for it's enact

country-wide demand for its enact
ment.
Hence the American Automobile AS
sociation is calling the attention of its
clubs and automobilists generally to
this common-sense legislation. which
will make it possible for the motor car
road users in this country to enjoy
the same liberty possessed by the au-
tomobilists of Great Britain. France
and Germany and other European
countries. Abroad single registra-
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Must Obey Police Regulations.

1t is set forth that nothing contained
in the measure shall be construed to
exempt any person from the police
regulations of any state, territory or
district into which he may go, save only
the additional registration, and the TAX
ing out of additional license or tag or
paying of additional tax in case he
shall have complied with the laws and
regulations of his own state, territory
or district"
Since the representative from Georgia
is the chairman of the committee on
interstate and foreign commerce, to
which the bill has been referred it is
reasonable to assume that he will in
terest himself markedly in it's passage
if he finds that there is a sufficient
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Recent Dodge Deliveries.

Among those who purchased 1916 Dodge
cars during the past week were W. NJ
Wallace, f. e. Marvin, N. J. Hine, tour
ing cars; II. W. Stiness. winter touring
car. and r. S. Cowan, a roadster.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
IMPROVING AUTO TIRES
TO PREVENT BLOWOUT
Manufacturers Assure Car Owners
That Much Dreaded Bugaboo
May Be Avoided.

No doubt every motorist has had the
experience of the so-called blow out"
This experience affects all in the same
way. 1t i3 nothing but an exaspera-
ton. and although blow out can often
he repaired. the motorist cannot help
pTeferring never to have had it in the
first place.
Today the Importance of the automo-
bile tire industry has fostered an i'm
provement of the tire as nsw manu-
factured to the point that the motorist
who cares can by few simple precau-
tions protect himself from the blow
out bugaboo.
A blowout is due to one of a few
simple causes which if given the neces-
sary attention can be easily avoided.
The amount of air IN a tire is just as
important as the tire that contains it.
Improper imitation renders a tire sus-
ceptible to blow-outs, just as proper
imitation prevents this annoyance
The body of the tire is of fabric; sew
e-al plies are used and the mass, after
being thoroughly impregnated with
rubber. is vulcanized into an integral
whole-the tire. over the body is a
layer of rubber-the tread
Proper Imitation Considered.
What happens when round stone, a
brick. a car track or any blunt object
is encountered? If the tire is improp-
erly inflated, the internal air pressure
not Offering sufficient resistance. the
object will sink into the tire, forcing it
inward at this one place. The tread
comes into actual contact, but it's elas-
ticity allows it TO adapt its shape so
that 1t usually suffers no injury, uu-
less the object be sharp and cuts it.
But the effect on the fabric is more Sc
rious. 1t isn't elastic; it can't stretch
consequently. If the object sinks in far
enough to produce enough strain it
must break.
Naturally that ply of fabric receiving
the greatest strain is the inside one,
for it undergoes the greatest distortion,
and for this reason it is the first to
break. Seldom, indeed. is any shock
violent enough to break every ply of
fabric and cause an immediate blow :
out. Most always it is only the>ins!de
ply that is fractured at the time AS
this isn't apparent the tire usually con-
tinues to give service, but the broken
edges of the inside fabric chafe the
other plies The natural bending of
the tire finally breaks the remaining
plies. and then the tube forces it's way
through, resulting in a blowout
This is the first warning the motorist
receives that something is wrong He
didS't know the fabric was broken
some time before. He sees nothing but
the immediate conditions. and doesn't
realize that his misfortune is some-
| thing he could have prevented if he
had only known how.
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1915 Chevrolet Deliveries.

Among those who have recently pur-
chased 1916 Chevrolet cars are the fol-
lowing: DR.. c. II. du -Four. ]. H. Reid.
Thomas de Beck. v. c. Pearson, S. l..
Wolfe. NJ. NJ. Merrill. ]. II. Nelms, J. L.
Baxley and J. J. Cowhig.
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Purchases Hupmobile.

Paul L. Linganfelter Of Hedgeville, w
Va. is the latest purchaser of 1916
Hupmobile hve-passeRger touring car.
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BY HOWARD S. FISK.
NEW YORK. N. V. January /. Is

NEW YORK, n. Y. January 1. 1876.
a- .HEN the myriad of electric
lights were switched on
AAx last night in the Grand
wv Central Palace the six
teenth national automobile
show was ushered in under most IA
vorable circumstances and everywhere
the prediction is made that the year
1916 will be the most prosperous in the
history of the automobile industry in
this country. The display of motor cars
is the largest and most brilliant of any
previous exhibitions and is being held
under the auspices of the National Au-
tomobile Chamber of Commerce. Prac-
tically every make of gasoline and
electric car made in America is being
shown Every available inch of floor
space has been taken for the display
of the new models.
The prices of the cars range from the
small runabout, selling for few hum
dred dollars upward, to the luxurious
limousine costing several thousands OF
dollars. More than three hundred new
models are being shown for the first
time, which is the largest number
ever before placed on exhibition for
the first time in the history of the
automobile show. EiEhty-seven man
hibiting. seven of them displaying cleo
trio models, while the balance are dis
playing gasoline cars. Two floors OF
the huge building where the exhibit
tion is being held have been turned
over for the displav of motor cycles
and accessories. The actual value of
the entire display is estimated at sew
eral million dollars.
When one looks back fifteen years
when the first automobile show was
held in this city in an effort to popu-
larize and introduce the toddling in
FAINT industry to the great public. and
takes a second glance at the present
day makeup of that same industry,
which has now grown to be one of the
greatest in the United States, it is no
wonder that ii causes amazement and
surprise. The pet of the public at
that time was the little steamer, which
whizzed over the best roads at that
time in an admirable manner, in spite
of the fact that the complicated
mechanism. which filed every avail
able space, weighed so much that the
wire wheels fairly wobbled from the
overweight. There was wait of
few years and then the gasoline vehi-
Gle began to come into its own, and
the infant began to require more and
more attention.
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Imperfect Air Pressure.

The reason the inside ply of fabric
broke in the first place was the result
Of improper air pressure. This permit
ted the object on the road surface to
sink in and stretch the fabric at one
place to the breaking point Had the
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1917 Will see at leaSI a CnlFQ OF tne
entire mileage a paved road is the
very lowest possible estimate.
Will Finish in Two Years.
This is not taking into considera-
ton the effect that through travel
over the highway in the meantime will
have in getting counties to pave their
sections with concrete or some per-
manent material. w. w. Marr, chief
state highway engineer of Illinois,
states that within two years the en-
tire mileage of 156 miles in his state
viii be paved. County officials in the
Ohio counties between Toledo and Gin
cinnati state that the entire distance
of about 220 miles will be paved
Carl G. Fisher is of the opinion that
the entire mileage between Jackson
vile and Miami. totaling $50 miles.
Will be paved There will be over 300
miles of paved road on the western
division in Florida. Other counties be-
tween Illinois and Florida are now
putting in permanent roads. The eff
feet of the. steady stream of tourist
travel over the highway will mate
rally increase the mileage, so that the
estimate given may be considered yery
conservative"
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-29

that All the Chicago health department will have sue ceeded proving then if its experiment success lu that the average family could obtain proper nourishment if it spent nothing whatever for clothing, shelter, education, medicine, recreation.
 The is Of course that the average family doesn't have fresh apples liver bacon egg mullins. butter and coffee" breakfast, and corresponding meals laer in the day The average family lives fewer and simpler dishes, made of cheaper and material than the Chicago food experts using in their demon stTation.
 If to have dietary experiments worth anything to the majority of American families there must be allowance of than 10 meal per person.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-29
"A BooTLEeeER's RoNDsMAN."

the heading, Tucson Citizen publishes the following:
 During the election Governor Hunt sent through for private consumption of prohibit
 on advocates bunch of letters purportng written in San Francisco designed show that Tom Campbell in league with the interests. The exposed and Governor Hunt attempted prove the authenticity of the etters because he could do and MT. Campbell not concerned with them anyway
 The records of the Superior Court Phoenix show that Tuesday of this week John Terry arrested for bootleggng released $500 signed by Governor That the chief state the whose hands the enforcement of law and whose duty is that the law is properly executed should do such thing, if it should that he nocent of surprise, and many will wonder what caused Mir Terry to to the for assistance when charged with violation of the law?
 What. then, was the motive behind the request? Ac cording the the people Mir Terrys repu tation a aw-abiding citizen such as would make it possible of persecution his actions prior to this charge been above reproach possibility that the was made without any apparent indication of guilt. there might have been shadow of justiable for asking the help him cut of unpleasant dilemma
 But according to the police he is stranger to the courts His standing in the community the police say not such that he would expected to apply to the governor to sign his bond.
 And yet is it really any cause for wonder? During the two which the dry amendment has in feet the know has his finger in attempt to stop booegging. All during the campaign he has attempted deceive voters state to his stand prohibition Circulators of wet petitions the time using the persuasive powers at their command promote the candidacy of Governor Hunt.
 Turning deal to the voice of the people, ex pressed at the polls in reference prohibition as well as in some other instances he openly declares that will defy them again in matter of their choice for governor, and will their verdict but will attempt to hold the office which he was defeated by throwing the election into the courts.
 Can imagine of affairs than having for governor bootleggers bondsman?"