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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
STATE CONTROL
ADWSEQEOR
DRIVERS
Insurance Men Say SO Out Of
46 States Neglect
Supervision.

The failure of most States to
exercise any direct supervision
over the user Of motor vehicles
or even to make any effort to de-
termine the fitness of persons driv'
ing such motor vehicles is one
of the most important causes OF
the growing seriousness Of the
automobile accident problem. This
Is the conclusions of a report by
William j. Cox, engineer in charge
of traffic accident research, sub
mitted to the National Bureau OF
Casualty and Surety Underwriters,
the rate making and administer
ing body of the principal stock
casualty companies Of the United
States.
"The situation as to the licens-
ing of automobile drivers through
out the United States at. the be.
ginning of this year was as fol-
lows" Mr.. Cox's report says:
States requiring the licensing OF
professional chauffeurs only, thirty
five.
States requiring the licensing of
all motor vehicle operators, fifteen.
States requiring the examination
Of chauffeur's license, only nine.
Estates requiring the examination
for all motor vehicle operators,
seven.
''1n other words, thirty-three of
the forty eight States make no at
tempt whatever to exercise direct
supervision over the great bulk Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

compression and fairly high speed
the power output will be high, and
If the engine does not become ex.
cessively hot the fuel economy will
be greater than that of a water.
cooled engine where the Jacket
temperature never can be higher
than 212 degrees, the boiling point
Of water. The air cooler unques-
tionably saves a lot Of weight over
.water-cooled engine. There is
nothing about the design of an air
cooler that should make it less
durable than a water.coOled en-.
glne. II properly designed an air
cooler Will have greater uniformity
OF temperature at different points.
and there Is no question about the
ability Of an air cooler to warm up
quicker than water cooler.
There has been one dominant de.
feet in air4cooled engines Of the
past-they have been noisy. But
there Is no more reason why they
should be 50 now than water-cooled
engines. Clearances need not be so
great and variations in clearances
need not change between wide limits.
Practically every engineer Of
note has been working on air cool.
ing and has some idea as to the
type that he will produce should the
market demand 1t. Already there
are a number Of L.head coolers in
experimental form and they per-
form well without any more noise
than water cooler. They need de.
velopment though to bring them to
the same state Of perfection as the
water-cooled engine. But even the
| overhead valve water-cooled en-.
gines can be made comparatively
quiet. though not as quiet as the
L-head, any more than the water.
cooled valve-in-head can be made
as quiet as the L-head Of that type
of cooling. The vertical expansion
Of the cylinders does play a part
| in changing valve clearances In
the overhead type, and unless some
c0mpensating means Is used, the
L-head IL preferred from the point
Of view Of quietness.
One thing the air cooler will bring
If 1t does come Is an abrupt change
In lighter cars. II the power plant
| is lighter other parts of the car
may be made lighter. There are
now in experimental form six-cylin
der air-cooled engines which save
as much as 800 pounds car weight
over similar car using water
cooled engine.
So far as price is concerned the
air coolers ought to be cheaper o,
the cars as a whole can be made
better for the same price as the
water coolers.
I expect to see all classes Of cars
with air-cooled engines fully equip.
ped and with the performance char
acteristics of equally priced water.
cooled types.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

explanation of this situation. IT
most legislatures the representatives
of small towns and rural districts
Constitute a majority. Except In
a very few States, the accident
problem outside the cities has not
become sufficiently acute to arouse
public sentiment. Although the
cities and more congested suburban
areas see the need Of more careful
regulation, this vision does not ex-
tend to the rural districts, and &C
cordingly the rural representative
gets no demand for action from
the people back home.
''This condition will continue un-
til a fundamentally different attf-
tude toward the operators license
is aroused in the country at large,
and not merely at the points where
accidents are numerous. A motor
vehicle operators license must be
looked upon as something to be
acquired through merit and not
through the payment of half a dol
lar to the secretary Of state. We
need a changed conception Of the
relationship between the State and
the highway user, a realization
that the State, in the interest OF the
public, has the absolute right 10
deny the operation of a dangerous
machine upon the public highways
to anyone who cannot prove his fit
ness to hold the privilege. A large
scale effort to bring about these
things has not yet been made. We
have directed our attention only TO
the sore spots Of traffic, applying
local remedies. We should direct
our attention also to something
deeper"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Happenings in
The Industry

Motor Camping, by J. c. Long, Of
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, and John d. Long. is a
small encyclopedia Of information
for those who desire to take their
motoring al fresco. The book is
comprehensive in scope and EN-
bodies a satisfactory index, always
sort. The book is published by Dodd
Mead & Co., New York city.
The Westcott Motor Car Company
has just published a new Dealers
Hand Book on the Used Car Bust
ness. The little publication attempts
to solve the used-car problem on the
theory that this end Of the business
can be made just as legitimate an
enterprise as any other type Of busl-
ness.
Organization of the Sterling
Knight Co. has just been completed
at Warren, Ohio, with a capital of
$l'SOO,OO0. The company will pro-
duce a new six-cylinder knight.
Ihomas P. Henry, Of Detroit, has
been elected president of the Ameri.
can Automobile Association, succeed
ing George c. Diehl, of New York.
capt. Eddie Rickenbacker has been
insured for $1.OOO,O00 by Lloyds of
London. The policy is to cover acct
oents IN flying, when the exploit
takes the air to visit his dealers.
Olds announces new six-cylinder
Watef-cooled car to be marketed in
september The copper cooled six
Is IN process OF development and viii
De placed on the market as soon as
possible, In addition to the new
water cooled six. and will be handled
through the present Odds organi.
Jimmy Murphy will lead a tram of
lures Mlller Specials to Italy. where
Inc cars nave been entered for the
oOo'mile Monza race, September 9.
G. Harold Wills heads a new com.
pany wnlcn Is taking over the prop
,,,ns OF me Z. II. Wills & Co., Marys-
charles M. schwab, chairman Of
tne netnlehem Steel Corporation, is
Amar, cone executive head Of the
american Motor Body Company.
na Sody makers report that the de-
6O1,1 Tor closed bodies for fan
so e..Very Is far greater than ever be-
t font In fact, the resources Of the
the daes are not adequate to meet
+ha -. Durant has just announced
of ofe ,o launching of another new line
the Eas,a ana skies. to be known as
cIaas $1,000. will fall in the price
'iaS' just shade over $500. '
co haynes, Winton and Doris have
o oon arrangements for mer.
So 81, an1o what is to be known "a the
T Tppnsondated Motors Cornor nS e'
~ ne n new corporation win hov" = ~ 90 NJ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

their highway users, while forty-one
States make no attempt to deter
mine the fitness Of these citizens to
use the highway, although this use
involves a high degree Of public
danger. OF the seven States re-
naming, the supervision Of motor
Vehlcle operators exercised is OF
varying stringency, so that there are
actually only four or five States In
the Union which observe the strict
degree Of supervision which should
be the universal rule.
"The type Of supervision exercised,
Tor example, by Connecticut Mary.
land and Massachusetts, should be
the universal rule because Of the re-
suits which have been achieved In
these States under their present
motor vehicle laws. Since 1919.
when these laws may be said to have
become effective, automobile regis
trat1on throughout the country at
large has increased 63 per cent. In
these three States it has increased
% per cent. During this period
automobile fatalities throughout the
country have increased AZ per cent.
But in these three States they have
actually fallen off 2 per cent. Had
this latter percentage obtained
throughout the country at large
there would have been 300 auto
mobile deaths in 1922 instead of A.
900 deaths.
''For this satisfactory accident
record the administrators of the
motor vehicle laws in these States
give the largest measure Of credit
to the control afforded by their
power to refuse issuance Of a license
or to revoke a license for cause. In
the light Of the foregoing facts, it
Is not surprising to find students
Of traffic practically united in their
advocacy Of more stringent licens.
ing laws. In a field in which there
Is a great divergence Of opinion
upon most subjects. upon this one
matter Of licensing laws there is
practical unanimity.
with all this support from ex.
pert opinion, it is at first glance
surprising that a control which has
resulted in checking the increase
in automobile fatalities should have
found adoption in so few States.
Investigation. however, reveals an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
2,O29,OO0 CARS
TURNEDOUT IN
SIX MONTHS.
Automobile Business Sound,
Says President Of Industry's
Chamber Of Commerce.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July 14.-The
total automobile output in the
United States for the first six
months of this year consisted OF
2,029, 900 automobiles and trucks,
President Clifton, of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
told a meeting of directors today.
In the same period of 1922. the pro-
duction was 1,161 900.
June production was given as
372. 900. a decrease Of only 5h per
cent from May.
THE general business conditions
are sound" President Clifton said
with cars selling at their very
low prices, it Is natural to ex-
pect the nublic will be actively In
the market.
''Tn, Industry is expecting the
usual seasonal recession In the next
elk months, due to the long series
of record production months earlier
this year.
IAN average Of IS per cent OF
cars and SO per cent of trucks are
manufactured in the first half Of
q year, although this percentage
varies from year to year"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

But all through the years Of en-
CINE development everyone ap-
preciated the fact that all engines
were eventually cooled by air and
that one was direct air cooled and
the other cooled indirectly by air.
In the water.cooling system So
called water is passed around the
cylinders and then the water goes
to a radiator from which the heat
Of the water goes to air rushing
through the radiator. It does seem
rather illogical to keep the cylinder
temperature constant by using
water and then cooling the water
with air, when the cooling can be
accomplished without the water but
by means of air directly. But it has
been only within recent years that
development Of the direct air cooler
has been taken seriously. The fuel
situation has brought this about
more than anything else, because
the poor fuel made it impossible for
designers to increase compressions;
as matter Of fact, they have had to
reduce them to prevent the engine
from knocking seriously. Even this,
however, has been corrected in
some water-cooled engines, but this
does not. approach the advantages
that may be had with direct air
cooling IL the system is correctly
designed. In the first place, II the
air cooler can be designed with high
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
is Air Cooling Coming Back?
By BARNEY OLDFELD.
wright. 1928, by King Features syndicate.)


There indication that the great
of arcooled
two the addition being the
latter first last January
ducion until summer.
When stop think of it, the industry
did follow through with air cooling
known about that Air cooling popular
days Of the industry but the waecooled engine adj
vanages cooling that made its
always noisy not ghpeed engine and the
air cooling did not lend itself to high compressions The cooler
that term
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

Fourteen armored motor cars,
each guarded by six armed men and
equipped with a machine gun cap.
able, of hurting twenty bullets a
second, were used recently in New
York City in transporting $200,000,'
600 in securities and cash from the
vaults of one bank to another.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Noted Woman Race Driver Of
France.

Nine. ,Violette Morris, all-around
Sbortswoman of France, who won
the Paris-PyreneeS automobile race
In 1922 and the Paris-Nice race this
year. is ambitious to drive a big
car in the Indianapolis motor speed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Denmark on Wheels.

Denmark, with a surface Of 49,.
600 square miles. and a, population
of nearly 1900, 900, has in operation
no fewer than II 500 passenger cars
and 5000 trucks. OF this total
from 35 to 20 per cent il of Ameri.
can manufacture; Is to 20 per cent.
French; Is to % per cent, German,
and the rest English and Italian.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Automotive Activities Through.
out the World.

An Oddly Of Berlin Traffic.
Police in Berlin, Germany, direct
traffic with tiny trumpets instead
Of whistles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Auto Tips

Air pressure is the best method to
use in locating leaks in the gasoline
tank.
Whenever there is an unaccount.
able overheating, look to the hose
connections for the trouble.
The differential gear and axle OF
the modern car rarely give trouble
If properly fabricated.
Proper fabrication, frequent in
spection, and careful adjustments
will do much toward maintaining
silence in the car.
Popping back at the carPNretor
is exceedingly dangerous II the
carburetor has just been primed
and If there is much Of leak.
An excessive accumulation OF
carbon Is evident when the engine
knocks on a hard pull with the
spark slightly advanced.
Remove the rear wheels and
wash the brake lining in kerosene
once a month. This removes all oil
grease which take the bite" out
Of the brakes. Never oil the brake
lining +-.t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Phones Placed Along Highwsy.

Emergency telephones are being
installed alpng the entire White
Horse Pike, this popular 60-mile
highway between Philadelphia, Pa,
and Atlantic City, N. j. II will
be possible to call the State police,
firemen, ambuIances, or other needed
equipment at innumerable points
along the highway. Relatives can
be quickly summoned in case Of
accidents to motorists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Auto LEGISLATION in Many States.

OF the forty.odd legislatures
which were in session this year and
which devoted large part of their
time to automobile legislation. elev-
en- States defeated bills calling for
one to five cents tax on each gal
lon of gasoline.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
State Tax oll 'sGaa."l

Twenty-Five States In the Union
now have a gasoline tax. The
amounts range from to 8 cents
on each gallon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

Motor Vehicles in the Far East.
Japan is reputed to have 10000
lsable motor vehicles, not including
rs per cent of which
ire trucks. China has 1000 pas
,enger cars and 500 motor trucks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Motor Russea in I.ondoll.

London leads all other cities in the
world in motor bus transportation.
There are $50 routes, covering 500
miles of streets. No fewer than
800 buses pass through Trafalgar
Square or Piceadilly Circus every
hour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

Camp Sites for Motor Tourists.
There are nearly 1000 camp sites
in the United States for the benefit
of the weekend and cross-country
tourists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

Air pressure is the best method to
use in locating leaks in the gasoline
tank.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

Whenever there is an unaccount-
able overheating, look to the hose
connections for the trouble.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

The differential gear and axle OF
the modern car rarely give trouble
IL properly fabricated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

NJ: Vernon Sales Co., AlexandrIa, Va.
Robert v. Norris, La Plata. Md.
Ashby Motor CO.. QuanticO, Va.
bates BrsA.. Orange. ia:
Henson Motor Co., Winchester, Va.
Cglpeper sales 4 Service Co.. Culpeper, Va.
Tns Rockville Motor Co., Inc, Rockville,
baker Cosby. Columbia. Va.
Harsrave Lewis, West Point, Va.
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17
SHOWER FOR BRIDE-TO-BE

Miss Muriel Couey was the honor
guest at miscellaneous shower
given last evening at the C. G.
Thompson home by Mrs. Thompson
assisted by Miss Luella Arnts. About
20 guests were present and the even
ing was spent playing card. Miss
Mayme Fousek won the head prize
and Miss Katherine McAleer the con-
ISOLATION prize. Just before the lunch
was served the gifts were brought
in in a prettily decorated wagon.
This was a complete surprise to Miss
Couey, who had been kept in ignor-
ance of the fact that the party was
to be a shower.
Miss Couey will be married June
/ to Kenneth Mclean of Minot, N.
D., where they will make their home.
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17
BE A MOVIE CLUB MEMBER

| am willing to give names and ad-
dresses to anyone who wishes to join
a Movie Club. am an ardent movie
fan and am member of three mo-
tion picture clubs. The Ruth Roland
club, which is the largest motion pic
ture club in the world, has an esti-
mated expenditure of 81, 500 a month
for postage stamps for correspond
ence. / am also member of the
Hope Hampton club and the Motion
Picture Club of America. No one
needs to get Lonesome who enjoys re-
ceiving letters. have been asked
to draw cartoons and pictures for
the Ruth Roland club magazine "Fan-
land" which I will accept. One can
easily get in touch with our movie
stars in this way, as I recently re-
ceived a very nice letter from the
Serial Queen, Miss Roland, and an
other from Walter Irwin Moses.
Come on folks and get acquainted
with these jolly young members.
Lorna Littleheld,
Box GA, city.
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17

"Did you engage the cook, dear?"
eyes, I did,"
"Do you thing she is good cook?"
"Certainly-she says she goes to
church twice every Sunday"
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17
The Herald
Open Forum

(Open to contributions from read
ers relating to opinions, new ideas,
suggestions, better ways to do things,
means to economy, valuable or pc
culiar discoveries through experience
ON the farm, in the home, in bust
ness. In fact almost anything our
readers wish to write of if done
with a wholesome spirit and if it has
an element of interest or helpful
value. All co ohtributions must be
signed with authors name and ad-
dress. Names will not be published
if the writer desires otherwise.)
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17
AN ORGANIZATION
ENTITLED TO SUPPORT

Through the medium of the Peo-
ple's Forum | wish to set forth some
reasons for the maintenance of a
Chamber of Commerce or Commercial
Club.
In every community that processes
to be alive there exists a commercial
organization commonly referred to
as a Commercial Club. This organi-
zation constitutes the medium thro-
ugh which the business men work to
the best interests of the community
in which they live. The immediate
function of this organization is to
make its community bigger, buster
and better.
With such an aim and motive it is
entitled to the support and co-opera-
tion of every man whose business is
located in that community. We have
that support and cooperation in Wolf
Point. Practically every business
man and professional man in this city
is with us. There are five elevator
companies here and all with one
exception) are supporters of this
Commercial Club, and this year the
Northside merchants fell into line
and became subscribers.
The real work is carried on by the
different committees appointed : by
the president of the club and the sue
cess of this chamber during the per-
iod which | have been secretary has
been due in a large measure to the
interest taken in their work by these
committees. Observe the work of
the Stampede committee on July 12,
13 and ID next.
Every business man owes his COM
munity debt, created by the fact ]
that the community made his busi- !
ness possible. We have lots of men
here who liquidate this indebtedness
by giving their time and money to
the furtherance of the plans and I
aims of this organization. 1t is not {
all fun to be director or a commit 7
teeman. There may be a splendid I
show at the Liberty but that evening S
a Commercial Club meeting is on Y
and these men cannot attend. c
Communications from outside B
places reach the club baily. In this
mail are communications
from Washington, D. c., Akron, O.,
Ca, Minneapolis and Port Y
land, Oregon. I
Constructive suggestions are al s
ways welcome. q
Charles Gordon, Secretary. T
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17
REPORTS CONDITIONS

John Nelson, local manager of the
Grain Growers Association, returned
the first of the week from a long trir
by car from Lewistown and other sur.
rounding points where he went tc
get in closer touch with the associa.
tion's affairs. He reports that spring
wheat is looking we'll but that so per
cent of the acreage of winter wheat
will have to be planted to other
crops. He says the Grain Growers
Association is gaining friends and
members every day. Governor Dixon
who owns and operates farm, re-
Gently signed up with the pool.
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17

The Senior play at the Liberty
Tuesday evening is very highly spoken
of as being well done and furnishing
an evening of real entertainment.
The individual features and the sketch
waiting for the Trolley" displayed
much cleverness, it is said. Because
of inability to be present the reporter
cannot describe the affair in detail.
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17

Pride of Palomar next Thursday
Friday, Liberty.
Mrs. VIM. Kaste and Mrs. M. Zort-
man went to Havre Tuesday.
Mrs. Fay Bartholomew, who has
been viiting her people at Clifford
for several weeks, is here for short
stay with her husband.
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17
COMFORTING

"Did you try to console the widow
of the man who was killed in that
motor car accident"
eyes, I told her she could remem-
Der always that her husband had the
right of way"
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17

Mrs. P. Crowley Of Vida, was tran
sacting business in the city last Fri
day.
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17
Smiles 'ss' 'ss E fss%ssss fssis sis'''
Following Instructions

The foreman swore at Cassidy fol-
not taking a full load of bricks up
the ladder every trip. One morning
the supply of bricks ran out and Cas-
sidy, after gathering up every one in
sight, found he was still short the
proper number. He yelled to work
man on the fifth floor.
what do you want?" asked the
man.
"Throw me down wan brick, F"
shouted Cassidy, "to make good me
load. ."-Everybody's Magazine.
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17

Try package of "Cream of the
West" breakfast food. Made in Mon
tana Sold at McAllen's. 1t
The Wolf Point herald., 1923-05-17

Cosmopolitan-Paramount produc-
tion pride of Palomar" next Thurs
day-Friday Liberty.