davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1923-07-15
SMALLER PLATES
FOR AUTOS URGED

Washington motorists will be inter-
ested In the new license plate system
to be adopted by Connecticut for
1924. q plan which will offer a smaller
and less unsightly plate for all cars.
regardless of whether the driver
takes out a license early or late in
the season.
Oscar Coolican. local Packard
dealer. who has been advocating a
neater plan of distinguishing, cars,
reports that by using letters Of the
alphabet for different sections Of the
state and limiting the numerals to
1899. six-figure, eighteen-inch plates
VIII no longer mar the appearance of
ConneCticutS cars, nor tax the men,
orfes OF those who would like to re-
member their license numbers with
out being obliged to resort to their
registration cards.
In the District" says Mr.. Coolican,
while the registrations have just
exceeded five figures, our cars are
further disfgured by reason Of our
Maryland plates, which run as high
as Connecticut's. Any plan. therefore.
which would shorten the plates and
simplify them should be greatly fa-
vored by the officials as we'll as the
public.
The step taken by Connecticut will
be watched with interest by motorists
throughout the country. and partic-
ularly by District motorists, who al
ready have more in the way of license
plate nuisance than the average car
owner.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
No. THE Car Il Ordered.

Smith phoned me the next morning
demonstration in a car which he
would have bought on the spot had
he not valued my advice. knew this
car TO be one that literally walks up
hills because 1t is geared so low. i
knew. too. that such design Is not
always economical, and that the en-
gine is frequently noisy because of
its high speed. So 1 went right over
to the salesroom. met Smith and gave
the salesman a cross-examination.
The car was q neat job-from ap-
pearances. But 1t was a new make,
with which had not had actual ex-
perience. We QuiZzed the salesman
on oil, gas and tire mileage. where
upon he threw himself into high" in
his eagerness to cinch the sale.
But that wasn't all We asked; one
has to go deeper than this when buy
ing a car. I made note of the length
and the width OF the rear springs.
This we compared with spring specifi
cations of another make of car of the
same weight. They seemed to be
light for the job. l stood on the tire
carrier and found that the rear Of
the car sagged more than II should
for the weight of one person. To
distract my attention from the
springs. the salesman raised the hood
and gave an oration on the acceSsi-
bility of everything. Just to verify
this I went through the imaginary
procedure of removing the cylinder
head for the purpose of cleaning car
bon and grinding in the valves. !
found that to do this 1t was necessary
TO remove the carburetor. vacuum
tank. horn. exhaust and intake mani
folds. water pipe. etc 1t was very
In going over this another fact
came to light. The salesman had in
formed US that included in the price
of the car was complete tool kit.
We assumed that these tools fitted
any nut or stud on the car. Upon
actually trying the implements. how
even enough tools to remove the
cylinder head.
Then we asked about the service
facilities. Some people who have
bought what they considered first
class cars have discovered that they
have been obliged to wait weeks for
part, or have had their cars tied
shop. OF course, the salesman as
sured us that no such conditions ex-
listed in his firm.
So when he had finished we went
around to the Office and looked up a
chap who had been driving one OF
these cars for a year. We found
that the salesman had exceeded the
speed limit as to oil mileage and a
certain mechanical specification. The
service facilities were laughed at
Later we saw a car OF this make at
the curb and asked the driver what
Evening star., 1923-07-15

he thought of 1t. He was a chauffeur.
He told us.
The list was thus narrowed down to
choice of two cars. both selling
for about $500. l had driven both,
and. while no car is perfect. there
Had the service facilities of one been
notoriously better than the other a
choice would have been easy, but the
agencies were both reliable.
This just about led Smith to the
conclusion that he couldn't decide
upon anything.
1T would be just my luck to pick
the wrong one and get stuck" he
grumbled.
At this walked him over to the
restaurant and let him buy me a
lunch.
the modern cars" l retorted. ANY
you don't drive 1t properly and care
for it regularly. but when you've got
chance to select the best car at
the price you can pay then study the
market carefully. Here are two cars
on par mechanically, well suited to
your needs and sponsored by respon-
sible companies. 1t seems to me that
extra equipment and style. And the
Colt is surely the better looking.
What do you say?'
Smith spread out the catalogues
and compared the two touring models.
concentrating Immediately on the cut
of the Colt"
I'll say IL is" he agreed That
is-fll say it's the car for me. Let's
hurry back and place the order"
Next week-First Principles
Copyright 1923. by the Ullman Feature
Service.)
Evening star., 1923-07-15
A fifty MILLION DOLLAR CAR
NOSE SAYS, "SHOLY
SKIES DO BEAT FO'S''
Nose Meant Dice, But Owner of
6-CyL Car Won Argument.

Two. south side residents had a
regular gasoline alley" talk-fest
over the backfence recently. One
owns a six cylinder car and the
other a four.
Nose. the caretaker of the
neighborhood. drifted along the
alley. Suddenly he stopped. He
heard skies DO beat fours" and
Moses left hand went to the
pocket where his gallopers re-
posed. Abs jes got time for a
Iii game dis mawnin'." said he to
himself. /
When Nose reached them the
two neighbors stopped talking
and Nose. thinking to display his
superior knowledge, announced,
"Sholy. boss. skies do beat fo's." A
laugh was his answer and the six
owner said. "See. Bill. even Nose
knows that"
But the argument favoring
skies was sound. It was appar-
emily clinched when the six
owner said Lets see you drift
around corners at 2 miles an hour
on high-then accelerate from 5
to a5 miles an hour in Z seconds,
In high. My Jewett Six does these
things. Can your carr"
Thousands Of motorists like the
owner OF the six in the discussion,
graduated from the ownership OF
four cylinder cars when Jewett
Blk appeared priced around a
thousand dollars. Not only is
Jewett a powerful car with mar
velous performance. but it is a
heavy. staunchly built car. good
for several seasons OF hard serv-
ice. Countless motorists were
satisfied with their four cylinder
cars until Jewett Six came out,
but Jewett's tremendous sales
show thousands are buying this
six at the price Of q four"
Evening star., 1923-07-15
DOCTOR SAYS ''DRIVE"
Nerve Specialist Makes 'Nred
Business Men" Handle Car

Now comes the nerve specialist
who advocates that his patients
drive to sooth their nerves He
explains his theory by saying
motor car manufacturers have
progressed to such point that
cars nowadays really quiet the
nerves, whereas not SO long ago
the driver Of the average car was
liable to be a nervous wreck after
a few miles.
II first noticed this in my own
case." said the doctor. 81 pur-
chased a Jewett Six. my sixth car.
Immediately I found that O few
miles around the boulevard was
soothing. I confess ] was puszlss&
at first until my curiosity vas
satisfied by investigation.
I'm the first place there's moth
ing to worry about when driving
a flexible, powerful. active car like
the Jewett Six. There's never any
noise when shifting gears One
doesn't have to think. really. the
operation is so simple. Then the
car adapts itself to any desired
pace, easily, quietly. ! found that
I practically forgot the fne piece
Of mechanism I was handling. and
the ride or the trip took on an
interest-furnished q fresh View
point to the mind.
I'm telling business men to
drive and you'd be surprised the
success OF this treatment" zso.A
Evening star., 1923-07-15
OFFICER REILLY
LEARNS A NEW
PICKUP TRICK

Omcer Reilly. on traffic post at
the Boulevard viaduct, had sur
prise yesterday and learned some
thing new to him about cars.
Miss Mary Adams drove up to
the crossing watched over by
Ofiicer Reilly. His whistle was
against her and. she dutifully
stopped. Traffic slowly untangied
and then Reilly, with the majestic
air that has made him famous In
these parts, blew two blasts.
Then came the surprise. Before
Reilly's hand with the whistle had
lowered, Miss Adams' car was al
most abreast Of him. Hold on
there" exclaimed Reilly, and the
car stopped promptly, just beside
him.
"Say. Miss, how como you beat
me whistler How many tonnes
hev' I got to toll yez that
"But, oficer. I didn't beat the
whistle. I don't have to. to get
away first," with a pout and a
shake OF her head. This, II you
please. is a Jewett Ski"
well. I'll be ....," exploded
Reilly. Excuse me. Miss. Drive
on. That's some car. or I miss
me guess entoirely."
Evening star., 1923-07-15
"OLD DAYS ARE HERE
Motor Dealer Stages "Come-
Back" In 10 Months

Ole johnson Of Wisconsin had
been in the automobile business
for three years when the slump
came. His limited capital was not
sufficient to tide him over and he
was forced to discontinue.
Later, in March, 1922, he found
himself with about a thousand
dollars--and with the opportunity
to take q new car, the Jewett Six.
"It looked like a winner to
me-" said johnson in recounting
his experience, "and went back
into the business again to see If
I could come back
fright from the jump I realized
that the old days were here I
didn't have to work to sell Jewett
Sixes. It seemed to me all the
motorists in my territory wanted
one. turned my first car the day
I unloaded 1t from the freight car.
I took two more orders, talked q
little turkey to my bank and or
dered. a car load. BY the time
they came I had sold the third
one. From then I branched out.
Now I'm in q fine brick garage.
owe money on 1t, but I've a COM
Portable balance In the bank. a
line of credit-and I'm selling
away over my allotment of
Jewetts right along.
"In this case the old days
came back merely because Of the
value ! could offer my customers
] in the. Jewett."
Evening star., 1923-07-15
JEWETT SIX SALES DURING
FIRST II MONTHS SUBJECT
OF COMMENT IN INDUSTRY

Detroit, July s.-Jewett Siz
sales Of $5o,ooo,o0o in its frs
seventeen months, as announced
by President H. NJ. Jewett of the
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Com
pany, has caused interested COM
ment in motor circles. In the
opinion Of many 1t shows the
public's willingness to invest in
extraordinary motor car value
whenever offered.
Rarely has this sales record OF
Jewett Six been equalled. In the
first nine months 1880 Jewetts
were sold. AS the Paige factory
facilities were increased, de-
liveries went up until the 1000
car-per-month mark was reached
and held, starting in April this
year. The end of the seventeenth
month showed 46,7S0 Jewett Skies
sold, representing over $780,
100000.
Analysis shows that artificial
sales effort could not have pro-
duced such a demand for a new
car: value alone was responsible
in the opinion of those expert
enced in selling automobiles.
When Jewett Six, having fifty
horsepower, was produced to sell
around a thousand dollars, an
Evening star., 1923-07-15
NOVEL BONUS GIVEN
BY LOCAL COMPANY
Entire Sales Force of Central Mfg,
Receive Jewett Sixes-COmbine
Business and Pleasure

Central Manufacturing Com
pany closed its fiscal year yester-
day, the usual s percent dividend
being declared. A surprise was
sprung by the directors in the way
of an unusual bonus for their
sales force.
For years Central Manufacture
ing has declared a bonus for all
their employees who have been
with them five years or longer.
Yesterday announcement was
made that instead of a cash
bonus, affecting the sales force,
each man would be given a Jewett
Six car as his bonus.
President Maxwell. in a formal
statement, said: This may seem
an unusual way of expressing the
company's appreciation of the ef-
forts Of our men, but it is. we be-
lieve, q modern combination OF
business and pleasure. Most OF
our statesmen live on their terri
tory. returning home, for the
week-ends. With a Jewett Six
they can work to better advantage
during the week, and their wives
and families can enjoy the cal
Saturdays and Sundays. We Sc
lected the Jewett Six after inves-
tigating many cars In the thousand
dollar field. and judging from the
expressions OF our men. we struck
q popular. chord when we chose
Jewetts."
Twsnty-six Jewett Skies have
been ordered by tho Central
Manufacturing Company a.
bonus cars"
Evening star., 1923-07-15
AUTO|STS FIGHTING
RA|L-CR0SS|NG BILL
Would Force All Drivers to
Stop Before Going
Over Tracks.

All operators Of motor vehicles in
the state of New Jersey must stor
their vehicles at the approach and
before driving over railroad grade
crossing. This Is the Wade bill
(H. 445). which requires all persons
driving vehicles to stop, look and
listen" 1t was passed by the last
legislature and is now a law. says
Lynn NJ. Shaw, assistant general man.
ager National Automobile Dealers
Association.
This same legislation has been at
tempted in many states. Similar bills
were introduced in fourteen states
this year. 1t was last introduced ir
Florida In June. 1t previously had
been attempted in Ohio and Indiana
This year IL was defeated in Alabama
Colorado. Iowa. Minnesota and Utah
In Minnesota the bill applied only to
common carriers. In all others II ap-
piled to all vehicles. The measure is
Evening star., 1923-07-15
HIGH PRICED BRAINS
MUST NOT BE JOLTED
Chicago Board Of Underwater
Pick Roadsters for St86

Nine roadsters. all Of one make.
were recently chosen by the Chi
cago Board Of Underwriters for
its engineering staff. mainly be-
cause Of the easy riding properties
Of these particular cars.
Careful investigation was made
Of all makes Of roadsters coming
within certain price range and the
first points. regarded as funda.
mental, were strength OF the car
and freedom from repair dimcul-
ties as shown by tho various his
tories. But the hnaI decision wa
made because Of the comfort.
Emctency demands that these
staft engineers, who are all high
priced men. must be enabled to
cover . lot OF ground without IA
tigue. It Is the belief that hard
riding cars reduce the working
efficiency materially, where a
comfortable cars add much to the
quality Of the work the users car
perform each day.
The choice Of the Board fell on
Jewett Six roadsters.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
STANDARDIZED TRAFFIC
LAWS IN CITIES SOUGHT
Tourists Can Be Confident About
Regulations If Program Is
Accomplished.

One of the outstanding features of
the program of the National Motor
lists Association. the working out of
fundamental and more nearly uni
form principles for handling traffic
in the larger cities. is being given
full consideration, and steps looking
to the carrying out in detail of this
important work are being taken.
The Standardization of trafic reg.
ulations is just as important as
Standardization in connection with
industrial activities. Uniform regu-
lations are needed as to general traf-
fic laws, to the end that tourists may
enter a city with confidence and not
in fear of violating regulations
Naturally, there are some local reg
ulations suggested by the physical
conditions in different cities which
apply only to the one city.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

pending in California, where it ap-
plies only to common carriers, Flori-
da, Illinois and Pennsylvania, where
1t applies to all cars. and in Wis
consin, where there were two bills.
one covering common carriers and one
covering all cars
Protects Railroads.
Such legislation has generally been
regarded as fostered and supported
by the steam and electric railroad in
terests. as measures to protect those
transportation lines in event of ac-
cidents on grade crossings. In New
Jersey. the bill was restricted to
'jitney" cars and particularly applied
to interurban traffic. However ii gov
erns all grade crossings and the pas
senger carrying bus must come to a
full stop before proceeding to cross
the railroad.
Automobile clubs generally have
combatted such legislation success
Evening star., 1923-07-15
MOTORISTS, WATCH
YOUR STEP; COPS
GET NEW CARS
Sheriff to Equip Deputies With
Fleet OF Jewett Skies

Sheriff Owens says that speed
isn't the only thing needed to
catch speeders. Getaway is
equally important to the officers
patrolling this important highway
and on the many occasions when
several officers are required to
move and act promptly, motor
cycles were not practical.
1T am confident" says he. "that
with the Jewett Skies we can out
maneuver and out-guess many of
the smart Aleck' type. All I can
say is they'd better look out"
Evening star., 1923-07-15
HINT FOR REPAIR WORK.
Method Outlined for Tightening In.
accessible Nuts.

Nuts set into inaccessible places can
be tighened or removed by the use of
two wrenches and monkey or pipe
wrench. The end wrencheS are joint
ed: one is fitted to the nut and the
monkey wrench is then clamped to
the end of the second end wrench
Then by carefully twisting the nut
can be frightened or loosened.-Auto-
mobile Digest.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
FIRE AND THEFTINSURANCE
COSTS LESS ON JEWETT

Class A insurance. rating Is rare
on cars of Jewett's price. 1t
means quality construction, first
class electrical apparatus, theft
proof lock. Bumpers on Jewett
Specials also reduce collision in
gUrauce..
Evening star., 1923-07-15

IuIIy Sau8ed INC
field awaiting such q car but
their estimates were over-run. The
appeal of great power, amazing
performances and big car riding
ease at moderate price, created
the runaway" demand that has
marked Jewett's record.
Supporting the predictions Of
men we'll versed in the industry.
as to Jewett's success, come re-
ports from Jewett dealers in all
parts of the country. Even when
the Paige factory gets on q pro-
duction schedule of 500 Jewett
Skies a day there seems no like
lihood of over-production.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
John Smith and His Car
Ply FREDERICK c. RUSSELL

John Smith is whom
selhh rather he chap willing glad
exploited interesting
the other 100000 O members of the mote can
Evening star., 1923-07-15

fully. A few years ago in Ohio there
were several such bills introduced
The automobile clubs and dealer or
ganiZations attacked them on the
ground that they were fostered by
the railroads and would put all of
the burden of loss or responsibility
on the owners of motor vehicles in
event of accidents.
Demands Vigilance.
1t is the belief OF the automobile
industry that such measures will
continue to be a part of every legis-
lative program for many years and
that II the automobile owners are to
escape this and other legislation, that
they must depend on eternal vigilance.
1t has been noticeable that when
one particular form of legislation is
established in one state, that ii Often
infects other states and that some
times there is legislative stam-
pede to provide similar legislation in
Evening star., 1923-07-15

ing all the dis
tinguishing per-
t o r m a n c Q OF
more costly cars,
a n d c o s t 1 n 6
much less, COM
manded / n t 9 r
ested attention
wherever C a r q
wer 9 sold.
H. M. Jewett
and his asso-
Evening star., 1923-07-15

every state. Compulsory grade-crossIng
stops have been prominent bills in
legislatures for six years CompuI-
sorry liability insurance has been in
the list for the last four years. Conn
pulsory equipment bills have Teen
coming to the front with great regu-
larity in the last ten years
The certificate of title bill Is gain
ing every time there Is a flock OF
legislatures in session. In 1925. II
can be pretty well accepted. there win
be from one to a half dozen states
enact such bills. 1t is a statute ao-
ceptable to the automobile owner
Some others might not be as acceptable
Evening star., 1923-07-15

epoch was marked in automobile
merchandising. Such a six. havs
Evening star., 1923-07-15

A REVELATION IN ROAD GUIDES: spF.
cially designed pages for recording oil. tire
and gas mileage; directions for national
highway. Chicago and return; sent free:
patented holder attaches TO steering column: !:
81 90: money back IL dissatisfied THE
AUToMAc COMPANY, P. o. Boz J.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-06
FEAR TRUCK RATES
 MAY BE BOOSTED
Manufacturers and Businessmen Invited to Traffic Bureau Meeting

A possible increase in freight rates to and from New Britain by way of auto truck will be discussed at q meeting of the New Britain traffic bureau tomorrow at noon at the New Britain club and local manufacturers and businessmen will be invited to be present and air their views.
 Considerable New Britain freight is handled by way of steamship line which plys between New York and New Haven. The shipments from and to New Haven are handled by motor truck, arrangements having been made by the steamship officials with one motor truck concern in each town.
 Recently the question was raised whether or not the steamship line had the right to fix freight rates on trucking and complaint was made to the Interstate Commerce Commits sion. The trucking rates are said to be lower than railroad freight rates and if the steamship company is de nied the right to enter into an agree ment with the trucking companies. it is feared the rates may go up con siderably.
 Local businessmen and manufac- turers have been invited to the meet ing tomorrow and will be asked to
New Britain herald., 1923-06-06
FUEL OIL SUBSTITUTES
 PLENTIFUL IN SWEDEN
Industrial Expert States That Coun- try Can Face Menace of Petrol.
 cum Shortage.

Stockholm. June G.--Sweden car face the menace of world shortage of petroleum with relative calm. in spite of having no domestic supply of that fuel. according to Axel F. Enstrom. a leading Swedish industrial and finan- cial expert. in 2 recent address before the Association of Swedish Industries.
 One of the most important sources of fuel oil which has recently been eAperimented with here is bitumin- ous shale. It was estimated by the speaker, that the Swedish shale de- posits could yield about oo.o00. 900 tons of shale oil. Production on small scale is at present being car ried on.
 still more practical substitute for petroleum is wood alcohol. said Mir. Enstrom. And Sweden could within short time produce wood alcohol in quantities corresponding to the pres ent consumption of gasoline. Its manufacture as q by-product of chem ical wood pulp is particularly eco- nomical. The existing factories have q capacity of about 5000 000 gallons of wood alcohol a year, and with new building and still more highly devel- oped methods of conservation, he de- ciareG, this capacity could be in.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-06
MINISTER MURDERED. IN PISTOL BATTLE.
Prominent Virginia Officials Will
 Be Charged With Crime

Richmond, Va, June 6, - Two prominent Cumberland county offs | eials-R, 0, and l., [, GaErett-faee charges of first degree murder in connection with The staying of the Rev, [, l., Pierce who was shot to death yesterday in pistol fight with the GaFFetts al his home al eumherr land court house, l., [, Garrett was at liberty today under hail of sb,A0o while his brother, suffering with a serious wound was under guard al a hospital here,
 The fight, which threw Cumberland county Into a state of excitement not eaualled in Virginia since the sheoting un af the Hlllssille court lh years ago "'ae eoid hp state officials 10 have re, suited from a long standing political
 s,,. ,s,ineen county factions, The Garre,ts, merchants of Cumberland Court House and both holding county offices. were members ef faction which the clergyman is said 10 have actively opposed recently, The broth CTS also are said 10 have objected strenuously 10 remarks said to have been made by Mir, Pierce from the pulpit which they considered as hay. ine reflected on the wife of l.. (, Gar. reft
New Britain herald., 1923-06-06

give their opinions on the situation. Il IS probable that resolutions 10 be forwarded 10 the interstate commerce commission will be adopted,