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Owners Service Department


We have Hudson that has a special
Hudson carhureter on and it drips gaso-
iene when the engine is stopped. 1t
isn't the noat and | don't know where
else 10 look Tor the trouble. b.
Ihomas'
As1de from the nut under the float
oo"I tnere Is one under the BODY. Re
W kt' AT E'anu' "Ilch evidently N
teaA!hs OF aloMlhS BaSoIene 10 work
aiounu IT, LOON IN your HUDSON IN
, Sauo'ioS uo2k anu you wiz see tn's
sou s,'u"h !" '''e seet'ohal view OF the
e"' e'e''
,,,
ne"ru mat mere VII! De no new cars
iot sa'e mex year ana that the Gov
eI"iileh. Is i'NeIy 10 Stop the use OF cars
except trucks, altusetheF' mat do you
NM" aoou' !" - ru'htnan'
can say almost win certainty that
mere VIII be new cars for sale prac-
lcalIy all OF next year. There may not
De as many as the demand calls for,
out there VIII be new ones l doubt
whether the use or passenger cars ever
Will be stopped FOR lack OF fuel
uses lot OF gas and cannot pull up a
hill without Sailing, and then l have
10 shift into second or low. The spark
Is good, but II VIII miss FOR while. and
The sun., 1918-10-27

nestle commerce from being cloGged.
With their abnormal burdens, the
railroads, working AT top capacity under
Government supervision, are still over
taxed. Waterways are carrying their
last ounce Of available ship tonnage
and the cry is for ships and still more
ships Horses are extremely scarce and
the price almost prohibitive There are
not enough teams to be had, and II
there were they would not answer in
these days when transportation must be
both swift and certain. So business
generally. and this Includes farmers as
well as city business, has been
forced to turn to greatly extended use
Of the high grade motor truck as re-
lief from the disastrous consequences of
freight congestion. That which business
first tried as an experiment has now
been proved not only practicable hut
profitable. What a considerable num-
her of progressive firms discovered some
time ago. that high grade trucks were
an economy in irtercity service and a
materially enlarged service within the
city itself. business in general has
learned to-day. Consequently high grade
motor trucks are now taking over much
OF the work of the railroads and re-
leasing the needed freight cars for more
imperative work. For this new truck
service Nash trucks are unusually
suited"
The sun., 1918-10-27
GAS SAVING IS ESSENTIAL.
Every Car Owner should Make Big
Effort.

while the Government has lifted the
bar on 'gasless Sundays. the shortage
Of gasolene is still acute. and unless
automobile owners exercise care and
economy In the operation OF motor cars
there is no question but that the WASH
ington authorities will be compelled to
enforce even more drastic rules on econ
omies next spring" says Harry S. Houpt,
president OF the Hudson Motor Car Com
pany of New York.
There Is scarcely an automobile IN
operation to-day" he continued. "in
which the consumption of fuel cannot
be reduced by a proper adjustment Of the
cars carbureter. which is where most
of the leaks occur.
THE model Internal combustion engine
will usually operate on fuel mixture
ranging from eight parts OF air to one
OF Rasolene to fourteen parts OF air to
one of gasolene. Operating conditions
are better when tho mixture is leaner,
but as a general rule the car owner tends
to use a mixture nearer the first proper
ton than the second, Obviously mix
ture at eight to one contains almost
twice as much gas as one at fourteen to
one. Therefore the first thing the car
owner who aims to maximum efficiency
should do is to make sure that his car
bureter Is properly adjusted to give the
leanest mixture consistent with salts
factory running.
III the car owner Is unable to make
this simple adjustment himself, he should
The sun., 1918-10-27

York in time for the theatre and excits
no more attention than q trip by tpe
Twentieth Century flier to Chicago.
There is no big business man TO-DAY
but often wishes he could be In two OF
three places at once. With the airpmne
II at least will bc possible to make them
the same day. H4
As to safety. In training campo N
this country to-day there probably arr
not less than 5000 hours Of flight each
day. but you rarely hear OF death.
Planes are not uncertain to-day and tho
pilots are learning how to avoid the dan
gers OF tho air. with the uncertainties
Of flight removed and the cost cheap
ened Il is certain thpt there will be n,icf
business after the war for the factories
and distributors Auto manufacturers
understand this and are preparing for II,
The fact that every auto factory to-day
Is at work on aero engines, or planes.
or some part, will make 1t easy after
the war to establish the aero as q
part OF the automotive industry on u
thoroughly commercial basis.
! The possibilities OF the airplane In
mail service are being tested now, and
II Is regarded that the mail route OF
after the war will be aeral Light pack
age Transportation also will be aerial aud
/ this will relieve congested railroads
Newspapers will have aerial service afia
will then be able 70 get a picture from
! Chicago in time for the early edition.
| Then, too, thr places untouched bythe
railways can have the morning papers
and be otherwise connected with 4civilf3
! cation. The aero has been demonstrated
| as an aid to OWL engineering in the wsS
/ zone. Pictures may. he used in plottkpg
I inaccessible areas. forest lands couldIbe
patrolled much more quickly and thor,
oughly by the FIRE wardens. MS
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] have an old Bosch magnetic on my
car and l want TO ask you what kind Of
oil I ought 10 use in II and about how
much OLIVER JONES.
A light machine oil. such as in l.
and only few drops. Don't be too lib
eral, as this part needs only a little
fabrication, and more may injure 1t.
Please tell me how tight to adjust a
fan belt. Ought II to bind so that 1t
is hard to move DAN FARREL.
Certainly not. II should be just tight
enough TO prevent undue slip In opera
ton.
VIII you please give me the bore and
stroke and horsepower OF the Jeffery
four wheel drive truck known as the
"Quad"-R. W. MossMAS.
The former Jeffrey Quad is now the
Nash Quad The bore and stroke are
Az and 5i2 inches and the rated horse
lions minute
I AMI having peculiar starting
trouble l press the starter pedal and
the starter gea~ seems to want to turn
the fiywheel but II doesn't. The car is a
Chevrolet 400. The starter gear seems
all right and free on the screw shaft.
II gets into mesh sometimes. as / have
noticed when the garage man cranked,
but IL won't crank the engine. Every
thing elRe Is fne.--P. Ransom.
I should say without hesitation Il Is
a weak battery. The lights might burn
all right, but still there may not be
enough current for starting.
We have a Marmon Al. which we use
with a truck body for delivering caskets
We are having starter trouble. When
the pedal In pressed something turns
around under the hood, but the motor
doesn't turn over. Sounds like the rat.
Ting around OF a chain. The starter
is Northeast make. Can you tell wha;
the trouble is?--Henry Cobe.
l can't tell definitely from what yor
/ say, but from what I know about that
! particular starter installation Ger.
| tainly would blame the starter clutch
! The motor generator clutch slips YoI
| will have to understand the construc
ton TO adjust this clutch.
Can I use a 600 battery in place
| OF a SO? VIII It cause the lampi
to burn out, or what is the objection? p
| Pomeroy
The battery change IL all right tn,
| first figure is the voltage, which Ia tn
same In both cases. The second figur
gives the capacity In ampere hours. On
simply has a greater current capacit.
than the other.
The sun., 1918-10-27
AIRPLANES SOON
FOR EVERY DAY USE
An Expert Interestingly Tells
Of the Commercial Posi-
bilities of Flying.
BY FRANK r. lrENNnY.

Principal west side y. NJ. @. a. school
for Airpldne Mechanics, NeU York City.
VIII the airplane .supplant the auto
after the war? Is there future for the
aircraft industry when we are back on a
peace basis? Yes and no. That Is. 1t is
not likely that the auto will be wholly
superseded, but that 1t will have to yield
to the airplane for all long distance trips
is sure; and no one can foretell how
great the growth of the aero industry
will be. but there Is every assurance
that IL will be as phenomenal as the
automobile manufacture. That the aerial
tin lizzie Is a surety Is the belief Of many
automotive engineers; the only uncer-
tainty IL as to who will henryford the
aero.
II Is absolutely certain that many OF
the wealthy sportsmen who have been
accepted by the Government as fliers and
are in service, will never be satisfied
to 20 back to the twenty-five or thirty
miles an hour of the automobile after be-
ing accustomed to pace Of ninety &c
1870 miles an hour with the bfrds-faster
than the birds, in fact for they rarely
reach ninety miles speed. The small
combat planes have a landing speed OF
100 NJ. p. H.. and often attain IN flight
a $50 mile rate. Do you think men ac'
customed to that will be content with a
slow moving automobile? They would
all the time be trying to hit II up, AND
would come in contact with persons and
police Judges and things.
1t was the rich man who put th'
automobile industry on its feet in the
beginning. A car cost so much In price
and upkeep that only rich man coule
afford one, and the high priced and high
speed cars were the toys of the rich man
There are lot of men In the automotiv'
game to-day who can remember wher
II was commonly predicted that the auto
mobile never would be anything else thar
the rich mans toy.
The airplane industry is at that SAINT
, stage to-day-of course the war ha.
, brought some remarkable conditions
but they will not last forever-ant
| when planes may be purchased compar
, ably with autos and the trained filer,
are back here there will be a demand
for planes. Then it will be case o.
perfecting and standardizing and de
veloping the plane for commercial anC
pleasure flight; they will natural!
grow cheaper in price and every drol
wldens the field for sales. We hav'
acquired some experience In quantt!
production because of tho war, and II
standardizing, both in engines ant
planes. Some genius will come from
this who will revolutlonize the trans
portation and commercial forces of TIL
country.
But you say that only few peopl
can fly. Nonsense: almost any boo
can ny after a short training. Tw
years ago n man who could fly wa
looked upon az something superhumar
The sun., 1918-10-27
OLT-STRATTON co.
IN UNUSUAL DRIVE
A Weeks Programme of DEM
onstrations and Lectures
on Truck Performance.

The Colt-Stratton Company. the newly
appointed metropolitan distributors of
Day-Elder trucks. have again been listed
In the unusual ranks. They have set
aside the week OF November 2 to . in
elusive for a comprehensive study of
modern motor methods. The Dodge
Bros. business car chassis, showing
panel. screen, bus and ambulance bodies
and one to six ton models of trucks will
be shown, including the latest type La
peer trailers with demonstrations of
their practicability.
One Of the important parts Of this ex-
hibit will be the cost finding department.
Every mans problems. which are the
result Of his use of motor vehicles, will
be accurately dealt with. The best
way to use a truck. the correct way to
drive the truck. the best way of con-
serving the truck and its parts. the most
economical way OF operating the truck
are all points which will be thoroughly
gone into. 1t can readily be seen that
this alone will enable many owners to
aid greatly In cutting down expenses.
To illustrate how completely the mod
ern transportation field will be covered
arrangements have been made with we'll
known lecturers to discuss some OF the
following questions: The modern motor
vehicle is warfare, and the vital part Il
is playing in the winning of the war
| the modern motor vehicle In rural ex-
press the modern motor vehicle In all
| commercial industries; the modern mo-
tor vehicle as used in intercity freight
hauling; the modern vehicle In bus
| work: the modern vehicle in ambulance
and funeral work; the new motor truck
traffic system and the store door deliv-
| cry plan.
Photographs and moving pictures will
| amplify the above subjects
In addition to this Colt-Stratton Com.
pany are adding to their present pas
| senger car course OF instruction n school
to educate the users Of Elder trucks
in the most economic way to operate and
make the necessary repairs. II Is the
intention Of the company to get away
| from the display type OF exhibit and
make 1t interesting and instructive &c
every one regardless of their business
ard their present method OF transpor-
tation.
The sun., 1918-10-27
REPORTS DEMAND
FOR CLOSED CARS
j. B. Hulett Takes Optimistic
View of the General
Situation.

complete understanding with Of
ficials In Washington on what Is ex-
pected OF tho automobile factories, and
disposition on the part OF all the lead
ing distributors to keep their doors open
with limited stock of cars for sale and
to maintain adequate service for all
owners. has resulted In greater activity
on Automobile Row during the pa st few
weeks. Dealers are preparing for the
closed car season now and report a de-
mand for this type of car which is so
essential for winter use. SO many men
ard women engaged directly In war
work or in other essential occupations
have found automobiles necessary,
that closed cars already are in de-
mand
Commenting on the general situation
]. B. Hulett OF the Brady Murray Motors
Corporation. the Chandler distributors
at Broadway and Slxty-second street,
says:
This organization certainly is going
to stay in business, Keep a limited sup
ply of cars on hand, distribute these
cars as wisely as possible and maintain
an adequate service for owners I'll go
still further and say that our from,
doors will be kept open even II we
should not have a car for sale--a con-
dition which Of course is not at ali likely
No matter how long the war lasts these
Offices will be headquarters for Chand-
Ter owners.
THE man who needs car to-day
and does not buy one IL making mis-
take. We can govern the activities OF
our organization and remain on the jol
for all Chandler owners, but We cannot
govern the price OF cars. Certainly the
prices of all new automobiles will &c
( higher before they go lower"
/ The foregoing about expresses tbs
sentiments OF all the leading dealers or
the row. They are going 20 Stick ant
they are going to have cars for sale
and they urge prospects to buy early
, against a rise in prices.
The sun., 1918-10-27

certainly have the service station do 1t
for him. In cases where the carbureter
is an old instrument with not enough
range OF air volume 1t may be wise to
install one of the devices OF the auxiliary
air inlet type.
1T is claimed there are 5000. 900
motor cars in operation in this country.
Now. suppose that only half of them
or 100000 cars were used daily and
that each owner were to save a gallon
of gas a day, II would mean $500, 900
gallons of gas day at an average price
of rs cents n gallon. n total saving OF
912, 500. 900 gallons of gasolene, which at
rs cents gallon would amount to
$2SS .000,O 900 annually. Think II over,
Mr.. Car Owner, and see what you can do
toward conserving gasolene."
The sun., 1918-10-27

uous last days of the drive.
Miss Darling was received with great
enthusiasm by throngs on Broadway and
only stopped taking subscriptions on this
red letter day when the blanks for re-
cording the sales temporarily ran short
Then the truck was rushed back TO Full
ton headquarters. the stock Of cards was
replenished and Miss Darling and her in
terestinS party quickly resumed their
successful drive and started the big
night rally conducted by the Fulton
Motor Truck Company in the 200 foot
square court in the rear OF the sales
room. Here scores of theatrical stars
appeared In a remarkable setting OF
eager bond buyers. with flags OF all
nations furnished by the Hippodrome
flying overhead. The sale OF bonds,
which reached 100000. lasted until
80 O'Clock in the morning
The sun., 1918-10-27

The Liberty Loan Committee has con-
graduated the automobile men of the
city on the great punch they put into
their drive for the sale of $4,000. 900
worth of bonds. The originality of their
methods made a strong appeal to the
public.
Thousands OF dollars worth of bonds
were sold by the organization OF fast
workers shown in the accompanying pho
toEraph headed by Miss Grace Darling.
the well known movie actress and sup
ported by wounded American soldiers
members OF the American womans
League, singers and pianists. A piano
was mounted on Fulton truck donated
by the Fulton Motor Truck Company OF
1900 Broadway. appropriate signs were
attached and In the wake OF power
full calliope, Miss Darling started on her
quest for bonds during one OF the siren
The sun., 1918-10-27
OF ON eto,

Rubber is very quickly disintegrated
by oil, and at the same time 1t has
most unfortunate capillary affinity for
the oil. For this reason 1t is very i'm
portant to keep oil away from the rub
Der insulators that are used In con-
nectlon with the conductors and wires Of
all the circuits OF the magnetic. AL
though oil Is not n conductor of cleo
tricity. II ruins the insulation and the
result is the breakdown of the insula-
ton and short circuits.
The sun., 1918-10-27
Emergency Magnetic Brush.

An emergency magnetic brush may be
made by rolling a piece Of fine mesh
copper or brass wire gauze Into cylin-
der corresponding in size TO the mag
neto brush. Or carbon brush may be
cut In two to do double duty. II a suit
able piece OF carbon (perhaps from an
old dry GELD is available II may be
shaped up for emergency use.
The sun., 1918-10-27

These crisp days when the fanny Is
ready for a trip some one will say:
II think Grace ought to sit In the
front seat because It's warmer behind the
windshield"
Why shouldn't passengers in the back
seat have windshield protection too? 1t
looks like a very sensible thing when a
tonneau windshield can be so easily at
tached at so small a cost. In addition to
keeping the passengers comfortable 1t
The sun., 1918-10-27
Adding Protection to Victoria Top.

, dresses" up the car amazingly and can
be folded up most compactly against the
backs of the front seats when not in use
The Windshield shown here on a Stutz
car is the -. H." Full particulars and
other details will be furnished to any
body writing To the automobile editor OF
THE SUN. 1t Is one Of the most salts
factory automobile attachments that
have come TO our attention In a long
! time.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-10
A STORY.

Once there lived n little girl In g
cottage with her old grandm other.
One day her grandmother was taken
i'll and died. The little sirl had NO
place 10 stay. aud went cut in the
strceta to see 1t she could get any
home. After she had been out there u
little girl came to her and said, 'ILare
you home" And she said. No"
Then the little girl asked her 10 come
and live with her. She said. Yes.
Will" And wont with her home.
When she got there, her mother
from and be said. ''Slie hasn't got any
10y. n.ay keep her with us TO play
with. And her mother said. Yes"
her half OF all the money ! set?' And
her mother said, Yes" And they
lived happy ever afterwards:
OREILlS SPENCER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-10
ALICE COTTRYLL,
a RED CROSS sunsE,s DIARY.

June, ALIAS, I can stand It no Ion.
S SsT ,h must go to France RVS.
back to health again. Il me,h Sera; and i
father and ali the people bout hare
that meddle with my affairs consent.
can 60 over With John. and Henry
j June %, lsl7...Hf,er "T much S'i persevsr.
aRce the, folks" have consented. and
two weeks from thi, day. sail for
France
France; and have been A on seTe for
days and da%s. But in three days my
feet will be on French soil,
1. yesterda,, was 60 overjessd
dtda It ,a!nN about looking al M
July 1c:-Everythin is going on Hne
this. am real excited. though I have
had no cause to be so. feel as though
somsS,;Ahi19g dreadful is going e happen.
sssHse S 81 ssia's and siood i2e' Wa.
OBJ. hope by my sklllfui nursing he
VIII set ven. MS tase is e disasSrsd.
} would like to know who lls Is. but
the doctor says J can lind out when
he calls me down 10 sponge his face.
minute. for the doctor is calling Iuc.
July ID think | have found cut
who il is. Eut I went writo IL doun
~ liz wv Owls. ~, iDl W NCE .
veus. feel as though the ri.,u ~vu,.
blow ME down with one pnn. just
s es,, 10 much as stand ar;; lie IS
Of his head al! OF. the time. This Is
Jacquelina doesn't love ms! Oh. Jacaue.
love you darling. Oh Jacqueline can't
you recognize me?'
July aS.---To,day I feel better, am
stronger. too. The doctor Gays that
that patient Will live. went to tho
eide Of the bed where he lay. Ne WAS
talking out OF his head IA before. And
CRYING like 4 woe baby that had just
popped into the world. and crying over
and over again the name "Jacqueline. ?
! could stand It no longer. for | found
that ]. too. VS. crying. SO ! said az
swee. al could to him. .Oh. darling.
do love you---Ja cqueline ia here; opeI.
your eyes dear. aud look at her. /
have always recognized YOU. Oh. I do
love YOU" ! guess you think. readers.
chat ! was very familiar with the
wounded stranger. hut maybe IL ea-
pla in myself you will nardon me. For
il was Henry, fmy beloved)
July 31.--1 don't believe ] ever Will
get weak and nervous again, trying
TO nurse wounded soldiers, for Cod has
spared the one love to night those
hateful Germans
August Sand then. let me tell you
something elEe. Henry told me he
could night better than he ever did
before. Because-because T
married him this very day.
VIRGINIA HCBSON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-10
A WINTER RAMBLE,

cnce upon time there was a little
S'!I, ana sae was coming home from,
school one evening. and she sug gest ed
TO companion that they would ts Ike
another. path which she felt sure She
knew. for The last summer she ven;
same path.
They went en- and they were sup
posed 20 turn out at another path. l.
seemed as, though they would never
Ihey thought they might have passed
Il, bu, the path they we're Oh now
see!neI familiar.
But a. they were not getting any
nearer home. they turned eff into tbs
woods.
The snow was deep and covered all
paths that had ever been there.
They wandered on and finally found
themselves lost. They kept on coin:
farther into the woods thinking they
would soon nc out OF the woods or OH
the RICH, path.
They came TO some large cliffs with
caves under them. On from that there
was q hill. They went up that, and
when they Eot TO the top they looked
down on the other side. and at the
bottom there WAS a flat place and a
swift creek.
So they went down. but before they
reached tho bottom It came into their
mind that they could not cross the
creek, but when they rcaened the bot
ON. 10 their surprise. there was 4
path.
They turned 10 their right. which
looked TO them as IL Il might lead
them home. They walked about a half
mile and TO their delight they were
at home.
BY this time il was about dark. and
OF course they were very tired and
IoSEPH1SE G. WOoDVuLE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-10
SUPPOSE We HAD NO COAL.

Every citizen OF the United Statee
should save coal at this critical time
when the people are suffering for the
want OF fuel.
Th6 may pc accomplished it every
one would use only what ia necessary.
Tag your shovel and saNo al least one
shovel 4 day, II this Is not done. it.
vii nut many man, woman ana child
out of work. Also va would suffer
for tie want of lights. as gas and
electricity are manufactured from coal.
Perhapa we would have TO cArrN
the street cars would stop. and we
could not get around from place 10
place, unless we walked.
II everyone will tag bis shovel, and
sava from now on. Uncle SANS ch.l-
dren will not suffer for the want OF
fuel during the cold winter Of 1919
LUCILLE ERlDG EMATER.