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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
few KNOW DETAILS
. OF CARING FOR CAR
s''Do 1t Yourself" knowledge
Lays Because of Many
, Service Stations.

How about tracing out trouble In
the electrical circuits in your car. or
correcting the timing of the motor.
or grinding the valves? Could you do
these things IL either were necessary
in an emergency?
Most garage men, and they are IN
position to know. believe that you are
to be congratulated on your knowl-
edge IL you are one Of the old-fash-
toned few. who can do any of these
things.
The long and short of it seems to
be that the substantial construction
Of the car and it's parts and the ire.
uuency of service stations makes all
this do it yourself" knowledge
superfluous. The up-to date driver
instead of loading up his memory
with a mass of details. remembers
only a few items of routine care
things that he must do to keep the
car running smoothly and continu-
ously, 1t is this sort of information
that the industry has made popular.
Hardly day goes by in any garage
or service station without their
noting the effect OF the educationai
work that has been done by the &C
cessory manufacturers and car build
ers during the past few years. The
storage battery in particular has re-
ceiyed an unusual amount of atten-
ton. The willard Storage Battery
Company has found that the greatest
part of its sales and service work
is really educational in nature. 1t
must teach the battery user how to
take care OF his battery.
There can be little doubt that the
car owner owes a good deal of his
satisfaction to the efforts OF the
manufacturer and his representatives.
who have taught him what to do to
keep each part of his car in prime
condition,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
against the period of depression from

against the period Of depression from
which we are Just emerging ano
must not be taken as a forecast OF
the future. They will represent tne
as such should be regarded with re-
lief rather than with fear.
"Our deductions lead us to believe
that production facilities must be
maintained in the future at least on as
high a level as at present. AS weak
er units drop out they can De repiaceo
only in one or two ways:
Il. BY an expansion OF existing
plants to care for this business. or
"2. BY new companies better htted
to stand the pace.
Most Of the existing automobile
OF war conditions beyond normal
growth. This very fact will serve to
curtain additional expansion In most
cases, and hence we may reasonably
conclude that the place of weaker
units in the industry will be taken
| by new concerns rather than by addi-
tiond expansion of existing plants.
This in turn will mean new customers
for parts and accessories, and an OPP
portunity for the parts business to
grow along new and varied lines.
Summarizing Of Facts.
Summarizing the case for the in
dustry. therefore. we are faced with
l IuS AoiAOwW8x $500 49,.
Il. Registration totals for 1921 will
| show an increase Of over e-half
million in spite Of business depression.
thus indicating that the so-called
point of saturation is still a matter
of the future.
! "2. About one and one-half million
cars probably will be needed during
1922 to, replace old cars. with a
promise that total annual replace
ment may reach two million in the
near future.
49, The present productive capacity
Of existing motor vehicle establish
ments will soon be utilized probably
| to care for the replacement business
only.
| II. The place of weaker units in the
/ motor vehicle field probably will be
| taken by new concerns rather than
| by a further expansion of existing
plantS and thus the field for the
| parts maker will not be narrowed to
q smaller number of lines.
| ION such a showing. which makes
/; little attempt to cover an expansion
| of the mSrket to new fields, or a re-
| sumption of normal export business
| we certainly are not justified in TAX
| ink a gloomy view of an industry
| which has an assured future market
more than sufficient to care for any
output possible with present produc-
| ton facilities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
Answer. to Last weeks Questions.

Answers to Last Weeks Questions.
/. Keep your engine in good run
ming order, especially in cool weather,
and do not drive for long periods at a
very low rate of speed il you desire
to keep the storage battery Of your
car well charged. Because the start
ing motor requires a great deal Of
current for revolving the engine.
especially when it is cold, the engine
should be tuned up so it will respond
after q very short period of cranking.
Long and continued cranking Will
render the battery surprisingly weak
after a few such starting attempts.
When driving the car try to keep its
speed up and over the point where the
generator cuts in and charges the
battery. This point can be easily de-
termined by observing the ammeter
cords at the instant the generator
cuts in. Constant driving at low
speed is another reason for weak bat
terieS. A third cause Is the indiscrim-
mate use of lights. Drive with them
dimmed IL possible, and do not allow
time with the lights burning. Pre-
caution is necessary with cold
weather approaching. and the driver
should use his battery sparingly SO it
will serve faithfully during the com
ing season when plenty of kick" and
durability are most needed.
2. The balanced crankshaft is de-
signed to make an engine run more
smoothly at high speed. This type
of shaft cuts down stress of whipping
and consequent loss Of power which
may be found in the ordinary shaft
at very high speed, but at common
speeds loss of power from this source
is not noticeable, and only smooth
ness of operation is considered.
5. Either the gasoline or the air adj
justments Of a carburetor may be
altered first, according to how the
carburetor was regulated. If the gaso-
line needle valve is set correctly, but
the mixture requires more air, only the
air adjustment need be changed. The
rule applies to conditions of too much
fuel and not enough air. when the gaso-
line adjustment would be changed.
However, il you do not know which is
at fault. shut off the gasoline adjust
ment until the engine misses from a
lean mixture. Then slowly open the
needle valve until the engine '.gallops''
from too rich a mixture. Turning the
adjusting screw back and forth between
these two points will soon give the cor
rect gasoline adjustment. Next cover
the air inlet or tighten the valve which
admits air to the carburetor to a point
when the engine chokes and then slowly
open the valve to.where the engine runs
well. Most carburetors have a fixed
supply of air and an auxiliary air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
TRADE NOTES.

A party of twenty-six automobile
men attended a luncheon Thursday
at the Racquet Clup. given by the
Oldsmobile Sales Company of this
city. Michael Keane. president of the
local company. introduced A. B. c.
Hardy. president of the Oids rae
tory: G. H. Peasley. factory sales
manager. and A. l.. Deane, financial
expert Of General Motors Acceptance.
Mr.. Hardy. who is one of the pio-
neers Of the industry. spoke OF Its
birth up to the present day. Among
those present were many dealers
from nearby towns and statesmen and
service manager of the local organi-
ton.
B. J. MacMullen.. retail sales-mana-
ger Of the bort Motor Car Company
of Flint. Mich. paid visit to Wash
ington last week.
The r. and H. Corporation, for
merly the Scripps-B Booth Sales Com
pany. have taken on the Willis Sainte
Claire car.
An exhibit OF the entire line Of the
new Maxwell cars will be held in
the showrooms Of the local dealer
during the coming week. at 1921
14th street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FOR THE .AUTOMOBLLLSTS

inlet, but always set the gasoline ad-
justment correctly and as lean as
possible before the auxiliary inlet is
readjusted. AS a final test speed up
the engine. and note its operation. as
further adjusting may be necessary
for high speed.
4. The term Heating" a battery on
a line means using a battery to sup
ply current for lighting a car when
the generator of the system is not re-
current. With this arrangement the
generator at sufficient speed
charges the battery and furnishes
lighting current. When its speed
ales the battery again is the source
Thus the battery and the generator
alternate in furnishing power neces-
sary Tor the various parts of the
5. If the starting motor cranks
your engine too slowly the trouble
storage battery or possibly in the
engine. Brushes of the starter may
be loose or there may be a poor con-
tact somewhere between the battery
and starter The battery may be dis
charged, plates sulphated or the bat
terry may be old and practically worn
out. SO that 1t will not supply suf-
ficient current to revolve the starter.
If the trouble lies in the engine it
may be caused by the bearings. rings
Ut piSlOHS 100 IlSntly, causing
engine to revolve stiffiy. Bearings
or cylinders may be dry, increasing
friction and slackening the crank
ing speed. The latter trouble. of
course, will result in scored cylin-
ders. burned rings and bearings and
Selling Of the friction surfaces if
the engine is run in that condition.
6. To find the percentage of grade
in a road divide the length of the
road down grade by the height or
number of feet rise in the road. For
instance. if a road goes up hill for
a distance of 200 feet and the top
of the hill is twenty feet higher
than the bottom the grade would be
one-tentfk or 10 per cent.
Z. There is a greater tendency to
skid on the part of solid rubber tires
than there is with pneumatics. This
is particularly true at high speeds;
in fact. at any speed above fifteen or
twenty miles an hour.
s. The vapor which is emitted from
the crankcase through the breather
pipe or oil-filling plug is usually the
fuel charge which should remain in
the tops of cylinders to be ignited.
but because of leaky piston rings,
passes by the rings into the crank
case and thence out of the oil open
ing. This trouble is more evident
when the engine is running at high
speed and has been in operation long
enough to be warmed thoroughly.
When the cylinder oil is thinned by
the heat il will allow more leak
age past defective rings. and for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
Motor Bus Aids Schools.

Motor vehicles are building up the
schools in North Carolina, in the
opinion Of the Fayetteville Observer.
WHO ever thought" this paper OBJ
serves. that education and gasoline
would hitch up together in the cause
of the country school? And yet such
has come to pass in the consolidated
school plan. The children of the
district are conveyed to and from
school in motor trucks, called kid
wagons, which hold. comfortably
twenty to twenty-five children"
A typewriter has been introduced
into India which will write the $50
characters of the Begalia alphabet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20

same reason the oil itself will get
by the rings and into combustion
chambers, fouling sparkplugs and de-
posting carbon.
8. Sparkplug electrodes should al
ways be set at the correct distance
apart The plug fires IL the spacing
varies a trfie from that given as
correct, but carelessness in this mat
ter may cause damage to the high
tension winding of magnetic or coil.
II the space between points is too
great there is liability of the Wind
ing burning out, because of too much
resistance.
10. The distributor brush does NOS
always rotate at speeds p-oporllopate
to those of the armature of a mig
neto. AS an example, the mag neto
armature for a four-cylinder elAne
revolves at crankshaft speed and hhe
distributor brush at one-haif crafik-
shaft speed. On a six. however. the
armature turns three times to two ~
the crankshaft, while the brush OF
the distributor rotates at the same
proportionate speed required for the
four-that is, half of crankshaft
speed. This is accounted for -by he
fact that the four-cylinder engine re-
quires four sparks in two craRkshaft
revolutions, and because the magnetic
creates two sparks in one revolution
its armature need reyolve only ,tTice
or the same speed as the crank. s The
sparks in two revolutions. the mag
neto making two sparks per ;rexolu-
ton, revolving one and a half Kline 5
while the engine crankshaft tyeyolyes
once Distributors of both engines.
however. make the required number
of contacts. either four or six. in one
revolution of the brush. ..a;4 f.
This Weeks Questions..,E
/. What is wrong when a ststag-
battery will show satisfactory
hydrometer reading, but Will fail TO
deliver a sufficient amount of cur
rent for use in starting or lighting?
2. What happens when the spark
is not advanced as an engines speed
is accelerated?
3. How is the cantilever rear
spring assembled. and how does it
differ from the semi-elliptic and full
elliptic spring?
I. Why are exhaust pipes made to
extend as straight as possible from
| the engine to muffier? Why would
| sharp turns be Objectionable?
5. How are different speeds made
possible, as produced by changing
| gears in the transmission?
I, 6. What are dual, double and two
spark ignition systems?
| Z. Is IL necessary TO wash away
| the mud which sometimes fills the
! spaces between radiator cells?
s. How is it that storage bat
| terry becomes weak when II AZ
| charged by the generator good
part of the time while the car j.
driven?
g. was the three-quarter floating
axle in use on the automobile -
early as the semi and full floating
| types of axles?
10. What causes the burned oy
| blackened appearance of the com
| mutator in an electric generator?
! Copyright 1921. Thompson Feature Service. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
orized Washington Ford Dealers

n. L. TAYLOR COMPANY
1910 18th St. NV.
UNIVERSAL AUTO COMPANY, Unc)
l520-31 M st. NV.
DONOHOE MOTOR COMPANY
215 Pennsylvania Ave. Sc.
TRIANGLE MOTOR co.
N. Y. Ave. Mt N. Capitol st.
STEUARTeS GARAGE
These Dealers Can Sell Ford Cars, Tractors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
Simple Method for Remembering
License Numbers When Knocked
Down by an Automobile,

1T is quite an important thing to
get the license number of the car
that knocks you down." says Joe B.
Schaaf. local motorist. writing for
the Police Gazoot. However" he
continues. ut is not always an easy
matter to remember 1t. The follow
ing method has therefore been de-
vised for committing such numbers
to memory: Take, for instance, the
number 40s42. The first two numbers
are 40. 1t is not necessary to remem-
Der 40, you merely remember 20 and
then multiply that by two.
For the next number don't bother
remembering the number 8, just think
of how many wheels there are on an
automobile and then add to that
and you have 1t. 8. For the last two
numbers just remember "a and then
divide that by and you have AZ.
Mr.. Schaaff explains that the great
advantage about this system of re-
membering is that you don't need any
books to learn 1t.
"Driving isn't the only thing you
can do with nm autOmObiIe,S Said Hen
Shnckle this morning ms he yanked
the tire on the renr wheel of his Aiv-
yer and put a belt ON II to run the
washing machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
A Mighty Queer Thing.

A mighty queer thing
Once happened to me.
Said my uncle Dill Pickle
One evening at tea.
One day on the road
My engine got hot,
And burnt out the bearings
Right there on the spot.
! called for a man
From a nearby garage.
And l asked him to please
Not let the bill be too large.
But / felt that the cost
OF repairing the car
Would be enough to pay or
All the debts of the war.
How dumfounded I was. then,
Is easy to see
When they gave me a bill
For only six thirty-three.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
johannesburg Market Improves.

General business is languishing in
johannesburg. but there is an upward
trend in the demand for motor cars.
with country districts displaying
more interest. according to the Ma
tional Bank Of South Africa. Ltd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20

Directions always say simply do
this and merely do that" said Mike
Finley in talking with reporter
yesterday about his new car.
Mike just got his car last week
but he wasn't very enthusiastic when
interviewed yesterday about 1t. II
seems that the second day he had the
car he had a puncture out on the road
and had to repair it himself Not
having any idea how to go about it
he took out the instruction book and
read it very carefully. The thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
Figure It Out Yourself.

II all the nutimobiIe tires used In n
year were piled side by side they
would make line s,84J,754h miles
long, or n little more than long
enough to rench from here into the
middle of next week, said Cyril
Creappun, the boy statfstician, today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20

that made him mad. said Mike, was
that in the book everything was.
simply do this and merely do that"
Just like 1t was easy to do.
He was pretty sore at the thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-14
SNAP SHOTS
~ HOME NEWS

EIks dance Friday, Dec I6.-Adv.
Dog and cat hospital. 1117 Kansas
dvCuue--Adv.
DR. Chas- W. Bower. Veterinarian
Small animal practice a specially. TIT
Kansas avenue--Ady.
All issues Of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawues Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenlTa ADV
Naomi Rebekah lodge No. IS will
hold a rummage sale at 429 Jackson
Friday and Saturday. Members bring
dOuaEOns.-Adv-
The regular meeting Of the P. s.
club, made up OF Topeka printing
statesmen, was held at the Chamber or
Commerce at noon today
The regular luncheon OF the Topeka
Builders cub was held at the Cham
Der Of Commerce at noon today. No
business Of special Importance was
transacted.
Students or the music department
Of Washburn college. gave their b.
monthly musical recital at 4 o'clock
this afternoon at MacVicar chapel.
Al music teachers are required TO at
tend the recitaIs
DR.. Jay c. Everett who resigned No
venber I as assistant pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church, viii leave
January for Larned. Kan. where he
will serve as pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church
With only four players the United
Presbyterian Intermediate team de-
feated- the Central Congregational
team by i score of "A to IS. in a game
played Tuesday night in the Sunday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-14

Isn't it great news. therefore, to learn that
you can come to this store and choose from one
of the largest stocks of furniture in this whole
state and get whatever you want at new low
prices? Regardless of what it cost us-in
spite of lost profit-we have marked every
article in our stock so that you can buy Christ
mas gifts of furniture at new low price levelsi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-14

Furniture has at last come into its own as
one of the most popular and acceptable gifts
that anyone could make at Christmas time!
Year after year the tendency of Christmas
buying has swung more and more to furniture
as the ideal gift, until this year furniture is
expected to take first rank and occupy first
place on the shopping lists of the nation!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-14
Basement
Specials

Beautiful Vases In the
newest wure at a special
discount Of $50.
Imperial Pearl glass
COMFORTS. Vases and Bas-
kets, s5go Discount.
Osborn Art Ware IN
many patterns At a spe-
ctal 15Eo Discount.
Beautiful Sheffield sill
yer Card Trays. spoon
Trays. etc. at 900 Dis
count.
We ara offering some
very special bargain in
dinnerwara TO Christmas
shoppers.
Beautiful II piece sets
for only 1916.
Thirty five open stock
patterns from which TO
choose any number Of
pieces. SP PEG TAL 10qe
DISCOUNT on any y or
more pieces OF open stock
dinnerware-
The Rice belt journal., 1921-11-12
One Mile Of Concrete
Highway Offered Free

Monroe, LATHE Ouachita parish
police jury at meeting recently con-
sidered a plan submitted by the Moore
Road Company, through E. L, Moore,
Of Chicago, the inventor, for the con-
struction of hard-surfaced highways in
Ouachita as planned under the $1,000
900 bond issue, which has been sold
by the jury. Mr.. Moore has offered to
build mile of highway without
charge. The invention which has been
offered to the jury is in the nature of
a railroad track constructed out Of con-
crete The jury deferred action on
the matter until the next regular >ses-
sion.
The Rice belt journal., 1921-11-12
SENATE VOTES DOWN
SALES TAX PROPOSAL
Solid Democrats Joined by
Seventeen Republicans
Against Measure.

Washington.-The sales tax was re-
1ected Thursday by the Senate.
The democrats voted solidly against
the sales tax, and were joined by II
republicans.
The vote-43 against to rs for
was on a propoal by Senator Smoot,
republican from Utah, for / per cent
levy, with exemptions provided in the
case of sales by farmers of the prod
ucts of their farms, at sales by public
utilities, and those by the United
States, or any foreign government, or
any state or territory, the army and
navy hospitals.
This vote was regarded generally
as decisive of the whole question OF
a sales tax at this time, but imme-
dlately after it had been announced
Senator Smoot offered another amend
ment embodying a business sales tax
of one-half of 1 per cent on gross sales
In excess of $4,000.
The roll call showed:
For the amendment, 25: Republic
ans-Bursum, Cameron, Edge, Ernest
Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Good
ing, Jones Washington, Keyes, Nc
Kinley, Moses, New, Newberry, Nichol-
son, Oddie, Phipps, Poindexter, Short
ridge, Smoot, Spencer, Wadsworth,
Warren, Watson Qndiana), and Well
ler--25.
Against the amendment, 4S: Repub-
icans-Borah, Capper, Curtis, Ken
yon, LaFollette, Lenroot Mccormick,
McComber, McNary, Nelson, Norbeck,
Penrose, Stanfield, Sterling, Suther-
land Townsend, and Willis-17, Dem
ocrats-Ashurst, Broussard, Csrroway,
Fletcher, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Heflin,
Jones New Mexicol, Hendrick, King,
McKellar, Myers, Cyerman, Pittman,
Pomerene, Reed, Sheppard, Simmons,
Stanley, Swanson, Trammell, Walsh
(Massachusetts), Walsh (Montana),
Watson (Georgia), and Williams-26.
The Rice belt journal., 1921-11-12
uItlmatum to Hungary.

Budapest.-What Is declared to be
m ultimatum was delivered Sunday to
the Hungarian government by repre-,
sentatiYes Of Great Britain, France and
Italy, in behalf of the entente, demand
ing that Charles be handed over to the
commander of the British squadron
and The immediate proclamation Of his
disposition as king. At about the
same time representatives of the little
entente notified the foreign ministry
that II the ultimatum was not obeyed
without delay Hungary alone would be
responsible for the inevitable and Seri-
GUS consequences.
The Rice belt journal., 1921-11-12
Highway Bond Issue
Carried in Calcasieu

At the election held throughout Cal.
casieu parish Tuesday on tax and
bond issue proposition to build the
connecting link in the Spanish Trail
between Vinton and the Sabine river,
the proposition carried by very
large number both in popular vote and
property valuation. The completion of
that section of road and one on the
west side of the Sabine between Or.
ange and Beaumont, which is now in
progress insures clear sailing for mo-
torists from here into Houston any
way, and will greatly facilitate tourist
travel over the Old Spanish Trail, now
one of the best and most popular OF
the national highways.
The Rice belt journal., 1921-11-12
'IE PASSES WH'5E'
.lnMI55I0N MEASURE

n Rouge, La. The warehouse
l.sion bill by Representative
+ Claiborne Of Pointe Coupee
nassed the senate Tuesday. The
onld provide for a commission OF
members composed of the secre-
\ agriculture, head of the extern
lsnartment Of the State~Univers-
IA five members to be appointed
1 governor, whose work shall Do
tabllshing Of public warehouses
,bout the State which may issue
lopse receipts negotiable at
Supervision of the public grain
ors and cotton warehouses at
orleans, which are under the
Of the Dock Board, is elimln-
om the bill